THAT THE CITY COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CULTURE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TO COUNCIL
THAT COUNCIL
1. Notes the Declaration of the proposed Declared Area, Declared Period and Prescribed Works Period for the purpose of conducting the 2026 Adelaide Grand Final and Associated Motor Sport event as contained in this report.
2. Notes the Declared Area for the 2026 Adelaide Grand Final as shown in Attachment A to Item 7.1 on the Agenda for the meeting of the City Community Services and Culture Committee held on 2 June 2026.
3. Notes the Declared Area for the 2026 Associated Motor Sport Event as shown in Attachment B to Item 7.1 on the Agenda for the meeting of the City Community Services and Culture Committee held on 2 June 2026.
4. Notes that the South Australian Motor Sport Board advises that the increase in the Declared Area for the 2026 Adelaide Grand Final includes Carriageway Park / Tuthangga (Park 17) for event car parking facilities, as the existing area used along Fullarton Road will be unavailable due to 2027 Motorcycle Grand Prix of Australia (MotoGP) circuit redevelopment in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16).
5. Authorises the Lord Mayor to write to the South Australian Motor Sport Board and the Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian Motor Sport Board on behalf of Council with its feedback to the 2026 Adelaide Grand Final and Associated Motor Sport event consultation as follows:
5.1. Seeks advice on what measurable ecological thresholds or triggers the Government is monitoring in relation to motorsport activities in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16).
5.2. Seeks the provision of independent, publicly released pre- and post-event ecological monitoring, including cumulative impact reporting over multiple years particularly in relation to the Grey Box Grassy Woodland threatened ecological community and associated biodiversity values.
5.3. Requests the South Australian Motor Sport Board remove the area identified as the Butterfly Conservation Zone from the Declared Area from any proposed motor sport activity in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16).
5.4. Requests the South Australian Motor Sport Board remove areas identified as Revegetation Conservation Zones and Buffer Conservation Zones from any proposed motor sport activity in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) and the removal of Carriageway Park / Tuthangga (Park 17).
5.5. Seeks advice on the role of independent ecological experts and Traditional Owners in determining acceptable use of Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi for motor sport purposes.
5.6. Seeks from the South Australian Motor Sport Board, advice on an evidence-based limit on the number, duration or scale of motor sport events that Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) can sustainably accommodate each year in relation to its status as a Key Biodiversity Area.
5.7. Noting the expansion of the 2026 Adelaide Grand Final, Council seeks a briefing before 15 June 2026 from the South Australian Motor Sport Board on the proposed impacts, including environmental, of the 2027 Motorcycle Grand Prix of Australia (MotoGP) on the National Heritage Listed Adelaide Park Lands.
5.8. Requests the South Australian Motor Sport Board advise on how obligations contained within the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), Natural Resources Management Act 2004, Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy, Management Agreements, Deeds of Agreement, Master Plan and biodiversity management plans are being monitored and enforced during event planning, the staging of the event, bump-in and bump-out, and remediation.
5.9. Requests the South Australian Motor Sport Board advise on how obligations contained within the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988, Planning Development and Infrastructure Act 2016, National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 and other relevant Acts will be met.
5.10. Requests the South Australian Motor Sport Board provides an environmental rehabilitation bond, bank guarantee or equivalent financial assurance, sufficient to cover the independent assessment, monitoring, restoration and rehabilitation of any biodiversity, habitat or natural capital impacts arising from the 2026 Adelaide Grand Final and Associated Motor Sport event, with the amount to be determined by an independent ecological assessment.
5.11. Requests the South Australian Motor Sport Board confirm increased public access to the bikeways and pathways and further access considerations and advice for members of the public, during the Prescribed Works Period 2026 Adelaide Grand Final and Associated Motor Sport Event.
5.12. Requests the South Australian Motor Sport Board ensure the use of or the reinstatement of permeable pathways throughout the Declared Area for the 2026 Adelaide Grand Final and Associated Motor Sport Event.
5.13. Request that the South Australian Motor Sport Board works with City of Adelaide and the Adelaide Economic Development Agency to support the visitor economy by promoting visitation to the City, with particular focus on Black Friday, 27 November 2026.
5.14. Request that the South Australian Motor Sport Board facilitates improvements to public transport into and out of the City during periods of road closure for the 2026 Adelaide Grand Final and Associated Motor Sport Event.
5.15. Seeks advice on the extent to which the South Australian Motor Sport Board has contributed toward increasing canopy cover in Victoria Park as per previous Council requests.
6. Approves the South Australian Motor Sport Board request for the permanent removal of the central toilet block adjacent to the Criterium Track in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) as part their planned infrastructure works under the proposed 2026 Adelaide Grand Final Prescribed Works Period, on the condition that the South Australian Motor Sport Board provide Council the necessary funding for a new toilet block to be built in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16).
7. Notes that, consistent with Adelaide Park Lands Act Section 9 (g) and the consultation provisions of the South Australian Motor Sport Act 1984, all feedback received by Council from the community, will be directed to the South Australian Motor Sport Board and the relevant Minister during the consultation period.
8. Notes that consistent with South Australia's biodiversity policy objectives, Australia's commitment to protect and restore biodiversity under the 30 by 30 framework, and the established Significant Environmental Benefit principle applied elsewhere in environmental regulation, major events within or adjacent to Key Biodiversity Areas should be required to demonstrate a measurable net positive biodiversity outcome and avoid any cumulative decline in ecological condition over time.
9. Notes Kadaltilla met on 27 May 2026 as part of the required consultation and will provide feedback to the State Government.
10. Approves, in addition to the legislative consultation requirements of the South Australian Motor Sport Board, the City of Adelaide facilitate and support a representative Eastern Park Lands Community Reference Group, to bring together a diverse range of community perspectives and articulate key community concerns and views on the impacts of motor sport events in the Adelaide Park Lands to the South Australian Motor Sport Board and the State Government.
11. Determines in the event that the South Australian Motor Sport Board declines the request for removal of areas identified at 5.3 and 5.4 or provides unsatisfactory advice in relation to other requests that the Administration scope and cost proposals to inform Council’s final decisions in relation to the final matter.
12. Requests the Administration through its marketing channels promotes the opportunity for the business and residential community to make submissions through the South Australian Motor Sport Board consultation process.