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Greenfielding …

The erosion and appropriation of Adelaide’s park lands continues…

Papered over …

Cartoon ideas from an opinion piece by John Bridgland continuing his exploration of the South Australian government exploitation of Adelaide’s 189-year-old park lands estate. Transparency campaigner and former SA senator Rex Patrick exposes the cozy relationship between Premier Malinauskas and the daily News Corp (Murdoch) newspaper The Advertiser …

FLAME Festival ….

The FLAME Festival – 8-10 May this year – is a biennial community event in Wallaroo, Kadina and Moonta, the three historic Copper Coast towns, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. here are some cartoon sketches from the weekend.

Friday: as the sun set on Wallaroo Beach the Nharangga Dreaming Story Winda The Owl was told by local students with song, dance, lanterns and large glowing puppets.

Saturday at the Kadina Showgrounds …

Sunday at Queens Square, Moonta …

Park Lands chipped away …

As designed by William Light Adelaide was a city surrounded by wide parklands – parklands for all. Over many years they have been encroached upon by various developments, and this has ramped up under the Malinauskas government, encouraged by various influential groups, developers, lobbyists and more – as detailed by the Adelaide Parklands Association.

These things happen …

David Low (PhD), Australian Pollution Research Network:

‘Does this scene look unlikely? Actually, we found that the spraying of cancer-causing glyphosate and PFAS boosted herbicides onto children’s play areas is standard practice at Melbourne’s City Of Monash. The finding is discussed in a new report researched by students from Monash University’s Biosciences Department.

This reckless practice needs to be halted immediately to prevent further harm to children and expectant mothers using parks and gardens in Australia.’

Full copy of the researched case-study here:
https://lnkd.in/gMuSa2Rn

Cartoon from an idea by David Low.

Small Town Reinvention …

The 2nd National Small Town Reinvention Conference was held at Kapunda, South Australia, 22-25 September. The cartoons illustrated just some of the many moments and messages over four great days.

The conference was another Peter Kenyon of The Bank of Ideas event. Supported by many – in particular Tony Piccolo MP who brought the conference to Kapunda.

The 28 cartoons were auctioned on the last day, the money raised was donated to the painting of the Kapunda silo art project.

Small towns – reinventing their futures …

The inaugural Positive Pathways to local Rural Prosperity conference was held in Pickering Brook, Western Australia, September 17-20th 2024. Initiated by The Bank of Ideas which has been committed to ‘supporting the growth of enterprising, sustainable and vibrant small-town communities and economies’ since 1989. Here are a few of the cartoons drawn during the conference highlighting just some of the great ideas from the presentations and sessions. For more about small town reinvention and conference assets and presentations click here.

From gender equity to gender equality …

.id informed decisions provides demographic analysis from the Australian Census data for local government. Cartoon illustrating their latest blog post Interactive chart: new data brings new opportunities for gender equity analysis.

Power to the People 2022!

The Power to the People Conference, a partnership between The Bank of Ideas and Community Minds, was held in Bankstown NSW, Australia, 27th & 28th October. Some cartoons from the sessions:

Day one

Day two

Turtles don’t play golf …

‘Artificial coastal lighting is one of the major threats to the turtle population as it can interfere with the turtles’ natural habits and instincts ‘. On the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, the proposed Bargara Golf Club Resort development is expected to disrupt endangered loggerhead turtles’ annual nesting at nearby Mon Repos. The ABC reported on the broader issue yesterday: High-rises potentially on the horizon for the seaside Queensland town of Bargara. The local campaign to curb excessive development continues…