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The state Ombudsman has ordered SA Police to hand over documents revealing the options for relocating the police horses from Thebarton barracks, following a protracted freedom of information battle to overturn the agency’s bid to keep the files secret.
Premier Peter Malinauskas says the state government is considering “about four options” to relocate the police horses barracks from Thebarton, with a final decision to be made within two weeks amid ongoing protest at SA Police's preferred 8ha site in the southern park lands.
SA Police has refused to release documents that would reveal other options for relocating police horses from Thebarton barracks than a controversial park lands site - despite a provisional ruling from the Ombudsman two months ago calling for the files to be disclosed.
Premier Peter Malinauskas says the state government has not yet decided if a new police horse barracks will be built on park lands near Greenhill Rd – more than two months after SA Police nominated the controversial spot as its preferred location to relocate for a new Women's and Children's Hospital.
The Australian Institute of Architects’ National President Shannon Battisson and SA Chapter President Chris Morely have written to Federal Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek regarding the protection of the Adelaide Park Lands.