Police say a fire at the North Adelaide Golf Course overnight is being treated as suspicious.<\/p>\n
Police and fire crews were called to the site on War Memorial Drive at the North Adelaide Railway Station at 2am.<\/p>\n
The fire was extinguished by Metropolitan Fire Service crews, but police told 891 ABC Adelaide a temporary structure, often used at building sites, was gutted by the fire.<\/p>\n
The structure was being used by the golf club during the redevelopment.<\/p>\n
The course is undergoing a $45 million redevelopment, which has proved highly controversial and sparked significant protests.<\/p>\n
Police have not said the fire was linked to protests over the redevelopment.<\/p>\n
The SA government-led redevelopment will result in hundreds of trees being felled at the parklands, which has resulted in protests at the site this week as work began.<\/p>\n
More than 2,000 protesters gathered on the steps of parliament yesterday<\/a>, condemning the cutting down of the trees.<\/p>\n The project was originally announced with Adelaide’s LIV Golf tournament in mind and the government has repeatedly defended the project, despite doubt over LIV’s future after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) withdrew its funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n