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  • ‘The State of the nation starts with you’, by Hugh Mackay.

    ‘The State of the nation starts with you’, by Hugh Mackay.

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    Published in The Conversation. Author: Hugh Mackay, Honorary Professor of Social Science, University of Wollongong; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts, Charles Sturt University Disclosure statement: Hugh Mackay does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations…

  • Planning Act Amendment put up by Planning Minister Tollner on the last day of the Giles Parliament

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    Attachment below is a copy of a Letter to the Leader of the Opposition. This amendment gives the NT Planning Commission power over the NT Planning Scheme, and reduces the public and local government’s right to comment on proposed changes. Planning Act Amendment 2016 Below is Plan’s media release after the bill was passed. This…

  • Flagstaff Park Development Proposal

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    Flagstaff Park (Lot 5180, Town of Darwin) is the public park (zoned PS- Public Open Space) on the top of the end of Myilly Point. It has l panoramic views of the Darwin Harbour, and is of history and heritage significance. The old ‘gardens’ are a remnant of Flagstaff House, which was a Vice Regal…

  • Home

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    Welcome to PLan PLan – the Planning Action Network Inc is a volunteer community group working for better urban and rural planning in the Northern Territory. PLan collaborates with resident and community groups on matters including the built environment, heritage, cultural and environmental values of concern in the Northern Territory and Australia.PLan’s aim is to…

  • Media Links

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    Click on a title below to visit website. 104.1 Territory FM Website: www.territoryfm.com ABC RADIO Ph: 1300 057 222 ABC RADIO ‘105.7 Darwin (105.7) Direct email contact on website. www.abc.net.au/darwin/contact TALKBACK: 1300 057 222 08 8943222 Alice Now newspaper Website: http://alicenow.com.au/about/contact-us Alice Springs News Online http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au A comprehensive journalistic coverage of serious Alice events, searchable…

  • Useful Links

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    Click on a title below to visit website     Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority Ph: 08 8999 5511Fax:  08 8999 4334 enquiries.aapa@nt.gov.au   AHURI Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Produces useful and readable current reports. Visit Website   Australian Heritage Council   Asbestos 1800 019 115 ntworksafe@nt.gov.au   Better Planning Network   Better Planning…

  • Politicians

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    Click on a title below: NT Parliament: https://parliament.nt.gov.au/members Darwin City Council: https://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/council/about-council/lord-mayor-aldermen/overview       Australian Labor Party – NT Branch Email: territory.labor@nt.alp.org.au Phone: 08 8981 3801 Fax: 08 8981 3303   Country Liberals Email: info@countryliberals.org.au   NT Greens Visit Website   Ministry by Name

  • Support the Heritage Listing of the Kulaluk Lease, and Save the BUSH BLOCK

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    The land behind McDonalds and fronting Dick Ward Drive (off Fitzer Drive) is in imminent danger and could be lost forever, we urgently need your support.

  • Area Plans for Darwin’s Inner Suburbs

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    The NT Planning Commission expects that Darwin’s population to double in 40-50 years. The NT Government intends to densify by infill developments in Darwin’s Inner Suburbs, from Stuart Park to the Narrows. This is as well as the Darwin CBD doubling in size.

  • Help Save the Gardens Suburb Community

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    The Gardens is a small suburb almost hidden between the Botanic Gardens and the Stuart Highway. A tight nit community has chosen to live here, supposedly out of harms way. They are now literally campaigning to save their community from destruction by high rise development. On Saturday 30 August, about 100 of them rallied close…