It is easy to assume that the people who live and work out here might not think about the parklands, or the nearly 400 trees that will be removed to make way for the new MotoGP circuit.
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But like their inner-city neighbours, some residents here do not want to see the trees go.
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trees → want → neighbours
"No need for that, they can do better things with their money than cut trees down," Lucy Cunningham said, as she made her way down John Street.
"We should be planting trees, not chopping them down," Dave said.
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Dave → do → them
Abdullah, waiting at the Salisbury train station, had a more measured response.
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Abdullah → wait → response
I think it's making people happy, smile.
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"But chopping trees down for no reason is not good, but if there is a good reason behind it, then why not?"he said.
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not?"he → chop → it
Salisbury North resident Brendan Truman is thrilled to have the MotoGP in Adelaide.
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Truman → have → Adelaide
"I used to go to Phillip Island all the time", he said.
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He is not upset about the trees being chopped down.
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trees → upset → ?
"Well, you gotta make progress, that's the way it is," he said.
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he → got → progress
Locals here also have mixed feelings about the city's upcoming sporting events and the redevelopment needed to host them.
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Locals → have → them
"I think it's a really good thing," Hallett Cove resident Kathleen Hill said.
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Hill → think → ?
The state government has committed to replacing trees in the eastern parklands on a 10-to-1 basis.
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government → commit → basis
"I don't have concerns about (the tree loss)", Kathleen said.
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Kathleen → have → loss
"I think this state is very, very good about making up for that by planting lots of new trees."
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state → think → trees
Another Hallett Cove resident, Benjamin Harris, admitted he is not really interested in watching the MotoGP, but he is excited about what it means for South Australia.
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"It puts us on a national stage, an international stage," he said.
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But Xavier Van Dyke Skinner is not a fan because of the trees that will be cut down.
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"I think people outside of the city should have an opinion on it I reckon, because, well it's our wildlife we want to protect it as much as we can,"he said.
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The Adelaide Parklands Association is hosting Stop the Chop protests in different suburbs around Adelaide.
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The association's president, Mat Monti, said there were plans to take the roadshow to suburbs further out, like Salisbury.
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president → say → Salisbury
"I'm meeting people who come from all the way up from Yankalilla to our rallies," he said.
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"People who come down from Gawler, from the Hills, from Murray Bridge, people across South Australia."
Mr Monti said he had even been contacted by regional MPs, whose constituents have passed on frustrations about the parklands redevelopment.
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[People are saying] 'I may not care about the parklands, but I care about integrity, I care about priorities, and we're spending all this money when we could be fixing ramping, when we could be addressing homelessness in our state?"
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Premier Peter Malinauskas said he was not surprised that people outside of the inner city suburbs had strong feelings about the redevelopment.
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"We're doing something that is ambitious here,"he said.
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"When people learn that the state government is actively partnered with the Australian Conservation Council, to make sure that this project is nature positive, 10 for one tree replacement, investment in the parklands, native trees, greater prospects for growth around biodiversity then people will see that we've got the balance right here."
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