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Your views: on pokies, tax reform and trees

Readers respond to the decision to allow notes to be used in poker machines, the Treasurer’s latest comments on the proposed land tax reform, and the axing of century-old trees amid the heated international climate change debate.

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Renewal SA tight-lipped over date for North Tce tree destruction

Renewal SA is not revealing when it will axe eleven century-old trees on North Terrace as part of the Lot Fourteen development, after Adelaide City Council last night formally approved removing the trees from the public footpath.

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City council to approve axing historic North Tce trees

A majority of Adelaide City councillors have said they will vote to support the axing of 11 century-old trees along North Terrace as part of Lot 14 development landscaping, with Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor describing her own support as her “hardest decision this council term”.

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Retaining historic North Tce trees impossible: Lot 14 landscaper

Replacing pavers on the North Terrace footpath outside Lot Fourteen would be impossible without chopping down 11 century-old trees, the landscaper in charge of the development says, while also revealing the project will require the costly removal of four streetlight poles put in place during recent tram works.

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Century-old North Tce trees set for axe in Lot 14 works

Eleven century-old trees along North Terrace are in danger of being chopped down and replaced with pavers, with both the State Government and Adelaide City Council’s administration pushing for their removal as part of the Lot Fourteen development.