What can you do?

Get informed, get involved!

If we don’t raise our concerns, silence may be regarded as consent. The proposal has been referred to KI Council (see Council’s considered comments pointing out some of the issues with the proposal to SPC here) and SA agencies including the Coast Protection Board, SA Country Fire Service, and Native Vegetation Council, which have not responded to date.

Despite the lack of published response by those other agencies, the proponent commenced public notification on 2 January on Plan SA, to close 22 January 2026.  While the hundreds of pages of proposal documents are available online, hard copies are only available at the Plan SA office, in Adelaide, and not on the Island. This makes perusal of a hard copy inaccessible to Island residents without incurring additional travel and cost, and fails to recognise digital isolation of some residents and lack of access to reliable internet on parts of the Island. The public notification notice placed adjacent the property is difficult to spot, even for those travelling the North Coast Road regularly, and the proponent’s timeframe for notification aligns with the holiday period when many people are travelling and may not be in a position to make a fully thought-out submission.

UPDATE: We are informed that the planning documents should be available to view at the Office of Leon Bignell MP, Member for Mawson, 59A Dauncey Street Kingscote (and possibly KI Council offices) from Monday 12 January 2026.

Please visit our Resources page for suggestions to write to the State Commission Assessment Panel (currently under development), your State MP, relevant Ministers and Shadow Ministers, and supporting documents. In the lead-up to the March State election, you can also write to your local candidate to ask for their support!

Anyone concerned that any breach of the EPBC Act may occur as a result of the proposal may also report their concerns to the Commonwealth Referral Team for the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

As permissions will primarily be a decision for the above State government agencies, you can ask your state representatives - and in the lead-up to the State election, your State candidates - to stand up for island residents, farmers, visitors, habitat and threatened species including our endangered Glossy-Black Cockatoos, and save KI for sustainable development by emailing:

• Leon Bignell MP, Member for Mawson, at mawson@parliament.sa.gov.au 

• Minister for Planning Nick Champion MP at MinisterChampion@sa.gov.au

• Minister for Climate Environment and Water Lucy Hood MP at Minister.Hood@sa.gov.au

• Shadow Minister for Planning Michelle Lensink MLC at Lensink.Office@parliament.sa.gov.au, or

• Shadow Minister for Environment David Basham MP at finniss@parliament.sa.gov.au.

Please visit our Resources page for supporting materials

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