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Update 18/12/2024 Department of Lands, Planning and Environment Heritage Council speaks to the Supreme Court decision on the Darwin Esplanade 17 December 2024 Background On 3 December 2021 the Heritage Council accepted a nomination from a member of the public…

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2024 07 Strategic Directions Planning Policy

Jul 16, 2024

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in Community Alert

This submission closes 31 July 2024. https://haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/strategic-directions-planning-policy At this stage we have yet to engage with this process, please return to this web site in the future. StrategicDirections download the pdf.

Press Release – Community Meeting

Oct 14, 2025

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Residents seek clarity on Kulaluk works 14 October 2025 On Saturday 27 September, senior NT officials including the Acting CEO of the Department of Logistics and Infrastructure attended a public meeting at Tudawali Park with Ostermann Street and Ludmilla residents.…

Landfill and Contamination Legacy of the Kulaluk–Minmarama Lands

Oct 7, 2025

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A Legacy of Dumping Parts of the Minmarama lease were used as Darwin’s municipal dump, expanded after Cyclone Tracy in 1974. Byrne Consultants (2023) confirm that uncontrolled waste and fill were placed across the lands, leaving a legacy of contamination…

Environmental Significance of the Kulaluk–Minmarama Lands

Oct 6, 2025

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Ludmilla Creek: Darwin’s Last Living Creek System Most of Darwin’s mid-suburb waterways have been channelised and degraded into stormwater drains, but Ludmilla Creek is different — it is still a living tidal system. Mangroves line its banks, fish and birdlife…

Tudawali Park Public Meeting

Sep 20, 2025

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in Community Alert, Important

Tudawali Park Meeting – 27 September PLAN convened a public meeting at Tudawali Park on 27/09 after Ostermann residents raised their alarm and confusion about:– a massive spoon drain built behind their homes,– hectares of bush cleared on the Seth…

YWCA Rezoning Proposal Raises Questions About Specific Use Zones

Sep 10, 2025

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in Community Alert

The YWCA has lodged a Planning Scheme Amendment to rezone its land at 121 Mitchell Street and 12 Doctors Gully Road, Larrakeyah. Listed as Planning Application PA2025/0283, the proposal is on public exhibition from 5 September until 3 October 2025.…

Fast Tracking Change

Sep 7, 2025

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in Community Alert, Important

A Fast-Track Planning System at the Expense of Democracy On 27 August 2025, the Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment issued a declaration under section 11(3) of the Planning Act 1999, exempting certain classes of planning scheme amendments from public…

Why the Harry Chan Site Should Be Heritage Listed

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Darwin once had a thriving Chinatown, centred on Cavenagh and Bennett Streets, stretching across to what is now Civic Park and the Harry Chan site. From the late 19th century, Chinese migrants ran stores, boarding houses, herbalists’ shops, cafés, and…

Candidates win right to ‘reasonably canvass’ without fines after Supreme Court battle against City of Darwin, NT Electoral Commission

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From NT News 22/8/25 Candidates can no longer be fined for “reasonably canvassing” during early voting, following a legal stoush with the City of Darwin and the Northern Territory Electoral Commission. The breakthrough came during a Supreme Court hearing on…

Legal action filed against Darwin Council over new civic centre

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From NT Independent article: https://ntindependent.com.au/legal-action-filed-against-darwin-council-over-proposed-civic-centre/ A Federal Court application has been lodged seeking to force Darwin Council to hand over documents relating to the deal it struck with developer DCOH to build the controversial 21-storey civic centre-private office tower, along…

Asti Motel site is back – 2025

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