Desk Action

In case you haven’t had a chance to call or email the ALP re today’s devastating climate report and the forthcoming emissions target - here’s an easy form to use from Seed.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined our session at SAGE last Sunday. For those who couldn’t make it, we held a discussion on the SA Government’s proposed changes to youth bail laws.

These proposed reforms represent a dangerous escalation of carceral policy. They are predicated on a falsely constructed youth crime crisis narrative (despite youth crime consistently declining over the past ten years). These changes are not about safety - they are about control, punishment, and expanding state power over the lives of marginalised young people, especially Aboriginal children and those already failed by health, housing, education, and disability systems.

The government is currently accepting public feedback on these changes. If you’re interested in writing a submission, details are below. We’d love you to write your own submissions any time before the deadline. We’re also arranging two in person meetups.

Submissions close: Wednesday 20 August Email submissions to: LLPSubmissions@sa.gov.au

Our critique of the reform plan linked below [Please read and use these points in your submission if you agree with out points] https://docs.google.com/document/d/17xtRTjPUi3Z0u3LbPFvJz7E9GsQy0Xxy

Gov Info on the proposed changes: https://www.agd.sa.gov.au/law-and-justice/young-offenders

Full Youth Offenders Reform Plan (PDF) https://www.agd.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/1137445/Young-Offender-plan.pdf

Support the call for a South Australian Human Rights Act

South Australians deserve to live in a society that strives for the values we hold most dear - justice, equality, compassion and a ‘fair go’ for all. Our laws should protect the dignity, security and interests of everyone in our state.

It’s time to come together to create a Human Rights Act for SA

A Human Rights Act will ensure that our human rights are always at the heart of the SA Government’s decisions, laws and services. It will also provide a powerful tool that we can all use to seek a justice if our human rights are violated.

Victoria, the ACT and Queensland already have their own Human Rights Acts. These laws are benefitting people everyday by upholding values that protect our quality of life: like ensuring access to the health services we need without discrimination, or making sure that every child can get a good education, regardless of their abilities or postcode.

In April 2025 a Parliamentary Inquiry recommended the introduction of a comprehensive Human Rights Act for SA. Through a strong alliance of community members we can succeed in ensuring this recommendation becomes a reality.

The City of Onkaparinga is committed to ensuring our land and assets best serve our community. When a property no longer meets current or future needs, we consider selling it, so we can reinvest the proceeds in ways that benefit residents. This approach, often called an “asset optimisation strategy,” also supports our financial sustainability and forms part of our Long-Term Financial Plan.

Visit the link for more info on making a submission.

Also join our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575510840690

Love the race but not the Santos greenwash? Here’s an easy way to take action: Copy and paste this brief email to our Premier Peter Malinauskas …

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 Dump Santos from the Tour Down Under Dear Premier Malinauskas I love the Tour Down Under but the sponsor is Not On. Santos gas fuels extreme climate-change impacts like mega droughts, floods and wildfires, and its blatant greenwashing shames our Renewable Energy State. Santos makes multi billion $ profits and doesn’t employ many people. It is expanding its gas operations to sell overseas, forcing domestic gas prices through the roof, and causing catastrophic amounts of CO2 to be pumped into the atmosphere. Burning heat endangers riders, spectators and the sport we love. So please Dump Santos from the Tour Down Under and find a better sponsor. Kind regards {Add your name here.} 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

Make any adjustments or additions you like. Then send it to Premier@SA.gov.au

The City of Adelaide is developing a new Cultural Policy aimed at promoting and strengthening the city’s unique cultural identity and opportunities. A Cultural Policy will provide the framework for future decisions in relation to culture.

The development of a Cultural Policy must have the community it serves at its core. Culture, just like the city, is about people, and so the Cultural Policy will be developed through stages of consultation and planning.

Your input is crucial!

We’re in the early stages, and we need your feedback to strengthen, clarify or expand on the Themes and Priorities we’ve shared in our discussion paper.

Your feedback will guide the development of the Cultural Policy and help ensure the final policy reflects your vision and views for the cultural life of Adelaide through to 2036.

The project has two main stages:

Stage 1: Gathering insights and feedback from the community that will help shape the draft Cultural Policy.
Stage 2: Asking for feedback on the draft Cultural Policy, to check we've got it right!

The Cultural Policy will outline Council’s role, its vision, goals and priorities, and how it will evaluate and communicate the impact of its investment and efforts towards a culturally vibrant, socially inclusive and equitable city. Culture and creativity are critical to the City of Adelaide’s future prosperity, wellbeing and social cohesion, and the City of Adelaide is a custodian of this future.

We are currently in Stage 1 of the project. Feedback closes 5:00pm, Friday, 31 January 2025.

Complete the survey to enter the prize draw for a chance to WIN one of three $100 Adelaide Central Market Vouchers.

Your feedback will help us develop a Transport Strategy that reflects your priorities. Have your say by 16 December 2024 by answering a few questions.

The Federal Parliament has established an inquiry to consider the potential role of nuclear power in Australia. Nuclear power would seriously obstruct the renewable energy transition by funneling public money away from viable and cost-effective renewable energy solutions.

Please make a submission to the inquiry.

The easiest way to make a submission is to add your name and suburb to the top of the online submission here (follow website link), replace the text in brackets with a sentence about why you feel strongly about this, then click the green ‘Send my submission’ button. Feel free to choose some of the arguments in the text and add your own comments.