Your views: on SA Libs’ ‘gender ideology’ move and more
Today, readers comment on a conservative Liberal push, defending open space and how Adelaide could build on its World Music City status.
Commenting on the story: SA Libs call for review into school ‘gender ideology’
I note your article which reported on the Liberal Party Women’s Council resolutions. All of those resolutions are important to many in the community.
Regardless of what one unnamed cowardly Liberal said about the resolutions, the Liberal Party women are not committing political suicide but actually standing for something instead of just continually leaning to the left in an effort to appease the left.
Liberal Women and other sectors of the Liberal Party have been pushing for similar resolutions for a long time and congratulations to the Liberal women for getting these resolutions up. They are of deep concern to the majority of people especially parents of school going children, despite what the detractors may say.
It is interesting that the women in the Liberal Women’s Council were willing to be named, but the unnamed source is like so many weak cowardly Liberals that you quote who remain unnamed. I am one who puts my name to what I say. There are many who want left wing policies but are not willing to stand up in the public arena and say so. – Malcolm Eglinton
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This is a remarkably ill-conceived idea and a demonstration of why the Liberal Party is spiralling into ever-diminishing circles of irrelevance.
Even at a political level, with surveys showing high community support for LBGTQ people, this is no path back to government. – Andrew Lord
Commenting on the opinion piece: Community talks in circles as reserve future kicked around
I am an avid Crows supporter but also a lover of parklands and open space which fortunately I and my dog have ready access to.
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Having read this article by a concerned resident who is also obviously very and correctly involved with local community needs and activities, I can only agree that you guys are not getting a fair or reasonable deal. Unfortunately in this day and age it appears making a huge public fuss seems to be the only way to be heard and considered. Best of luck with this. – Ros Roberts
Well done to Emma Dawes for putting into words how corporate interests are prioritised over community health, wellbeing and access to green spaces. So disappointing.
I have just donated to Emma’s Go Fund Me page because it is expensive and time consuming for normal residents to fight this sort of David and Goliath battle. – Alicia Siegel
We’ve heard all this before. Remember the knockers of Football Park being built? That went ok for over 40 years. And better still the knockers of Adelaide Oval? Reckon this has turned out all right.
The Thebarton redevelopment will be fantastic. Let’s re-read all these comments and editorial in five years’ time. – Graham Murphy
Commenting on the InSider column: Sniffing out tasty Adelaide and SA tidbits
Regarding Tarrkarri, we now have a great opportunity to do what should have been done all along: this is the perfect site on which to build a Concert Hall.
The benefits are multiple:
- Adelaide is the only capital city in Australia without a Concert Hall;
- Adelaide is a World Music City, the only such city in Australia, and the only such designated city without a Concert Hall;
- Major international orchestras, such as the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic, do not come to Adelaide when they visit Australia because there is not a suitable Concert Hall;
- The acoustic in the Festival Theatre is unsuitable for orchestral concerts;
- The acoustic of the Town Hall is superb but the venue is not adequate for a range of performances, and the ASO has to compete with other events, such as weddings etc;
- Her Majesty’s is a lovely opera theatre but has a poor on-stage orchestra acoustic;
- The ASO is a world-class orchestra, yet it doesn’t have a suitable venue as a base.
A well-designed Concert Hall will preferably be multi-purpose and provide a home not only for the ASO but also the Adelaide Youth Orchestra, jazz concerts, recitals and a range of concert events. And the major non-auditorium spaces can be an extension of the SA Arts Gallery and house Adelaide Contemporary, as John McDonald says. We can be the progressive Arts City we claim to be with innovative plans like this.
And another big plus is that a Concert Hall cum Contemporary Art Gallery will regularly attract thousands of people to the East End. Let’s do it. – Barbara Fergusson
