Police have been granted additional powers to ensure public order and safety is maintained during the cricket test match at Adelaide Oval.
Commencing on Wednesday 17 December until Sunday 21 December 2025, the Adelaide Oval Declared Public Precinct (DPP) will operate for a period of 15 hours from 8am to 11pm every day.
Attorney General Kyam Maher has approved the South Australia Police (SAPOL) Adelaide Oval Declared Public Precinct application, within the following boundaries:
- Northern boundary of Pennington Terrace from Montefiore Road to King William Street.
- Eastern boundary of King William Road from Pennington Terrace to the southern River Torrens bank.
- Southern boundary of the River Torrens to Montefiore Road.
- Western boundary of Montefiore Road to Pennington Terrace.
Commissioner of Police Grant Stevens said the additional powers mean police can conduct metal detector searches of any person or their property to ensure no weapons are present.
"Police will also be able to order a person or group posing a risk to public safety and order to leave the declared public event for 24 hours," Commissioner Stevens said.
"There has not been any new intelligence to suggest there is a threat to this event. The introduction of the Declared Public Precinct is out of an abundance of caution to ensure police and oval security can provide a safe environment for everyone to enjoy the Ashes test.
"The usual bag screening will be conducted at the gates, but police will have metal detectors throughout the precinct and can stop anyone at any time.
"I urge you to get to the match early to ensure you can move through the screening process without missing the first ball."
A Declared Public Precinct enables the following powers provided by Section 66 of the Act to be exercised by police:
- Conduct a metal detector search of a person and any property in their possession within a declared public precinct for the presence of weapons.
- Carry out general drug detection in relation to any person present within a declared public precinct.
- Order a person or group posing a risk to public order and safety to leave the declared public precinct
- Ban a person who commits an offence of a kind that may pose a risk to public order and safety, or behaves in an offensive or disorderly manner, within a declared public precinct.
- Remove children from the declared public precinct who are in danger of physical harm or abuse, behaving in an offensive or disorderly manner, or otherwise committing or about to commit an offence.
