Responding to SA students from nearly fifty schools walk out over One Nation

Typical juvenile protest from student activists who are yet to learn and experience living in the real world. Sadly, some of them will never learn and grow up, just like our prime minister.

Pauline suggested, they should focus their ire on a topic that will negatively impact their future, namely the policies and incompetence of our current Commonwealth government. – Paul Venables

I fully support this student protest. It was students who rallied against the war in Vietnam. They rally in support of Aboriginal land rights.

These young people are our future leaders, and we are better off for their actions. – Sandra Tamarr 

So, let me get this right. The school “strikers” are protesting as they do not agree with a political party contesting a democratic election, and voters should not have the ability to vote for this party? One would assume they understand what a democracy is? – Peter Jackson

This deliberate miss interpretation (sic) of Pauline Hansons (sic) comments is outrageous and only an imbecile or radical half educated student could believe the lies that are being told. For Pete sake (sic) just listen to what she actually said in the context of the conversation not what you have been told she supposedly said by the political party that is ruining our great country. – Simon Chappel

Responding to Leaked letter reveals high-level plea to global motorcycle boss over park lands

I thought the green canopy around the city was priceless and not up for grabs? What happened? Adelaide doesn’t want that!

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There is a perfectly positioned space at Tailem Bend that does not get the use it should. Rather than destroy the environment around Adelaide forever, perhaps money would be better spent making sure our green spaces were better protected from political decision-makers.

Clearly Adelaide’s people love these spaces, and if they go, people’s lives will change.

There is also the protection of wildlife to be considered. If those trees go, so does the wildlife they support.

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I find this proposal to be completely in breach of basic environmental protections, and to have this development right in the middle of our beautiful city is a crime against nature.

I have not even mentioned the effects on the locals after the fact. What an absolute nightmare to live among such events. What happened to the right to live in peace?

There is nothing positive to justify this action for the sake of racing any vehicle around the city. Adelaide and its residents deserve better, and the repercussions of this action will be never-ending should this go ahead as planned.

I feel very let down by this decision, and obviously. I am not alone.

Wake up, Adelaide’s big people and stand for Adelaide. – Rachel (surname withheld)

The government’s single-minded focus on economic gain, no matter the environmental amenity costs, indicates the risk that it will completely sell out Adelaide’s park lands assets for any grifter offering a few more dollars.

It is shameful that the intergenerational public amenity of city green space is being traded away for short-term profiteering. – Elspeth McInnes

Responding to Bid for caravan parks and aged care at historic Hills barracks

The site could be used as a hostel for the homeless in the short term, as this is an absolute disgrace to this country of great wealth and it has all that is needed to solve a great problem. – Trevor Cobb 

I think this would make a great agricultural and tech school. We need skills. – Matt Flavell

Responding to Labor gambling reforms set to pass as winter break ends

The proposed gambling reforms are weak, likely to be ineffective and do not address the harm caused by the gambling industry. Reforms need to be two-pronged. First, define what “gambling responsibility” actually looks like; so, for instance, under gambling advertisements, include research findings like “betting on sport more than nine times a week leads to gambling problems.”

We use a similar approach in warnings about alcohol consumption, such as how many drinks of wine or beer are likely to place you over the limit when driving.

Second, industry has a responsibility to adhere to regulations which currently are weak, placing most onus on the individual to ‘gamble responsibly’, but what of industry practices, such as inducements to keep gambling: excessive opening hours for gambling and generally moderate to weak intervention activities in venues (albeit improvements are acknowledged).

What is required is a two-pronged approach: 1) A combination of further protections for the individual, including a significant reduction in advertising, and 2) A strengthening of regulations on industry.  The latter is necessary, as witnessed over the last few years, where venues/casinos were found to allow dubious practices, including money laundering and more. – Michael O’Neil

Responding to Is there a new ‘girl power’ alliance in the SA Liberal party?

Hard yikes on this opinion piece. It is political manoeuvring and the gender of those doing the moves has nothing to do with it. Then casually dropping a manosphere-coded “female” descriptor – it is giving light misogyny.

Hate to think we have such a dated way of thinking about professional women in 2026. – Maddi Williams 

Senator Anne Ruston may well have worked hard in some areas but disappointed many when she supported net zero after the SA state council moved a resolution to scrap it, which was the constant desire of many who have seen the damage done to Australia by the climate change policies that followed net zero policy.

Alex Antic has constantly opposed things like net zero and has been more in line with the “sensible conservative” position than the so-called moderates for as long as he has been in the Senate. He was supported for that reason. One grows weary of the analysis of the Liberal people by the media commentators who fail to see the reality. – Malcolm Eglinton

Responding to Toll rises as another major Adelaide festival axed

If a business has to be propped up by taxpayers’ money, they are not viable. Government is not there to rescue a failed business, whether it be in the arts or any other discretionary spending sphere. The music industry is in a lot of trouble as no one buys records and touring is expensive and not great for the environment. – Paul Travers

Responding to State’s biggest polluters to face emissions review

Interesting article … And an important issue, but no mention of the EPA’s role in emissions monitoring and control and the need for robust permit limits and tightening where necessary. – Professor J Campbell Gemmell

Responding to One Nation defends use of party funds for luxury Euro trip

I just wish someone in Australia had the courage to stand up to this woman who has the audacity to say that she’s standing up for the needy people while she spends all the money on herself. Anyone would think she was needy herself since she only works for half a year. No wonder she has to live off Gina. – Robin Coyne