There are many good reasons why Adelaide needs an urban growth boundary, and experts spoke out recently as SA Parliament debates Minister Rau’s legislation to protect environment and food production areas from further sprawl:

Michael Buxton, a Planning Professor at Victoria’s RMIT University and one of Australia’s foremost planning experts, says it would be a “shocking mistake” for parliament to reject John Rau’s plan to enshrine an urban growth boundary in legislation, warning the economic upside of protecting South Australia’s food bowl from development is “enormous”: InDaily – Warning of “Urban deserts” on Adelaide’s fringe

George Giannakodakis, Managing Director of urban planning and engineering consultancy Infraplan, says that limiting Adelaide’s urban sprawl will be good for the city and jobs: InDaily – Why capping Adelaide’s urban sprawl is good for everyone

The Coalition for Planning Reform (CPR) has issued a press release on the lack of heritage protection in the planning reform bill currently before Parliament.

The CPR is a coalition between Community Alliance SA, Conservation Council SA and National Trust  SA, representing more than 120 community groups concerned about planning in South Australia.

16-03-22 MEDIA RELEASE – CPR calls for heritage protection

In this month’s Adelaide Review, Sir Montefiore Scuttlebutt highlights the Weatherill Government’s indifference to the value of Adelaide’s heritage character, and describes Planning Minister John Rau’s four-year drive to rezone the city and its edges as “one of Adelaide’s most destructive planning eras”:

Sir Montefiore Scuttlebutt on Adelaides heritage value – March 2016 Adelaide Review

The report “Economic Value of Heritage Tourism in the City of Adelaide 2015” was released in December 2015 and recognises significant tourism value in the heritage stock of the city and North Adelaide.