SA Premier downplays social media posts seeking his home address

South Australia's premier has played down attempts to find out his home address in posts in social media groups expressing outrage at the removal of trees as part of the North Adelaide Golf Course redevelopment.

In response to questions at a press conference on Monday, Premier Peter Malinauskas said he was alerted to the social media posts yesterday afternoon.

"I'm not going to comment on it except to say I think the majority of the protesters over the course of the last week have been doing the right thing and there have clearly been a handful that have gone way too far," he said.

He said he could not comment on whether his security arrangements would change, because they were "determined entirely" by SA Police.

In a post seen by the ABC, an anonymous account posted a photo of an AI-generated description to the Possum Park Protection Platoon Facebook page suggesting Mr Malinauskas lived in Adelaide's inner west.

The post said wildlife had lost homes and that trees had "lost their lives".

The post went on to say the premier "still has a nice cosy and warm home to go to at the end of the day".

"Publicly available information before anyone says anything," the post said.

The post also contained an edit that read: "I do not mean this as any harm to his children. They are innocent in all this."

An anonymous response to that post said: "Next time I'm visiting dad in hospital and they leave the computer unlocked I'll get u [sic] an address".

The North Adelaide Golf Course is undergoing a controversial $45 million redevelopment, which has led to significant protests.

At the press conference, Mr Malinauskas did not directly respond to a question about the safety of his family.

He said "people protesting peacefully is a perfectly reasonable course of action".

"There is a minority in there that have been exceptionally extreme, abusing workers,"

"Some of the conduct has been unconscionable.

Adelaide Park Lands Association president Mat Monti, who is an administrator of the group, later posted in the same social media group that "violence or threats will not be tolerated".

"This is a blanket warning. I have been made aware of a post that could (be) interpreted as inciting violence or encouraging doxxing of the premier's home address,"

"Our opposition is to the redevelopment of the North Adelaide Golf Course and the destruction of the Park Lands.

"It is not a personal war against the premier or any minister. Political disagreements should never include violence or threats.

"Any further posts inciting violence or targeting the premier or his family will not be tolerated and may result in further consequences should they reach a level that requires reporting to SAPOL [South Australia Police]."

SA Police 'examining situation'

Police Minister Michael Brown said he had discussed the issue with police who were "examining the situation".

"We can expect those who break our laws to be treated that way,"

"That's the way we do things here. People can feel free to raise things, people can feel free to have particular views and those views are often taken to elections, for example.

"I would say to these people who don't agree with the government: 'If you want to behave like adults, if you want to behave like people who are part of a democracy, then you'll be treated with respect and you'll be treated like adults, but if you want to behave like terrorists, you'll be treated like terrorists.'"