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Submission on Kulaluk–Minmarama Assessment Report: Development in Primary Storm Surge Zones Hello Gemma, Ann-Marie Thank you for your emails. There are still many concerned residents, and it can be expected that a piecemeal approach to development in the area will…
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107 Dick Ward Drive Coconut Grove
Exhibition Period: Friday, 24 October 2025 – Midnight Friday, 7 November 2025 Address: Lot 09742 Town of Nightcliff, 107 DICK WARD DR COCONUT GROVE Lot 09743 Town of Nightcliff, 115 DICK WARD DR COCONUT GROVE Current Zones: CP (Community Purpose)…
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Submission on Kulaluk–Minmarama Assessment Report: Development in Primary Storm Surge Zones
A Staged Development Framework? The Kulaluk–Minmarama Land Assessment Report (Byrne Consultants, August 2023) identifies 11 staged development areas within the Kulaluk (Lot 5182) and Minmarama (Lot 5183) Aboriginal lease lands. Bundling and Staging The report maps commercial sub-leases together with…
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Press Release – Community Meeting
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.…
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Landfill and Contamination Legacy of the Kulaluk–Minmarama Lands
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…
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Environmental Significance of the Kulaluk–Minmarama Lands
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…
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Tudawali Park Public Meeting
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…
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YWCA Rezoning Proposal Raises Questions About Specific Use Zones
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.…
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Fast Tracking Change
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…
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