Category: Blog & Opinion

The Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, on behalf of the Northern Territory Government has recently commenced the third round of consultation on Planning Reform. With feedback and comments we received from the previous consultation and exhibition, we recognise that the reforms are quite technical, complex and interrelated.  In order to enhance understanding of the…

Welcome to our 2019 Snapshot. Introduction This newsletter we would like to acknowledge community members who we consider to be “stars”. These are people who give their time, effort and resources to protect our natural and built environment. These are people who bring common sense to the table and often put to shame those decision…

8.5.2019 Dear Members and Friends, This is to draw your attention to the current Australian Heritage Festival running now from 5 May, 2019 to 19 May, 2019, in case you have not  seen the brochure out of the NT News. The new Director of the NT National Trust – Tim Dixon,   has put together…

THE story of the proposed National Aboriginal Art Gallery to be located in Alice Springs is becoming more and more a horror story as time passes. Of course it is a good idea, if it can be done properly, with adequate funding, an appropriate site, well-informed planning and management, and the happy support of all…

Ugly Chan making way for civic lift From today’s NT News this sentence is confusing: “The Government has learned you do need to take your time; you do need to take people with you and that you’re very clear with what you want to see,” she said.   Perhaps it could be better said “You…

20.8.2018 We noticed in the brief NT News that it contained a reference to Dave Tollner’s decision on 4 Blake Street. The reference is at E7 and is strangely referred to as SPOT REZONING. PLan was closely involved in this decision. One would expect, with the title of the inquiry that a submission from PLan…

  Submissions | Research | Membership | Contact Issue 582: 16 August 2018 Becoming connected By Chief Advocate Ian Henschke If you’re reading this on line, you’re one of the ‘connected’. But I’m sure you know someone who isn’t. The e-Safety Commissioner recently released a report that revealed “around 2.7 million Australians over 50 have little or no engagement in the online world”. That’s…

TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT, PLan’s NOTES ON THE NTG’s PROPOSED ‘PLANNING REFORM’. Please find in the attached pdf, notes on the above documents prepared by PLan: the Planning Action Network, Inc. PLan_NOTES_ON_THE_NTG-last.pdf   TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT, PLan’s NOTES ON THE NTG’sPROPOSED ‘PLANNING REFORM’The Government says it wants better planning outcomes.This is PLan’s…

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Developing the North: Supporting Jobs through the Contemporary Management of Pastoral Land 15 August 2018 Today, the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is debating proposed amendments to the Pastoral Land Legislation Amendment Bill 2017, in a bid to ensure the contemporary management of pastoral estates. Subleasing arrangement were introduced as part of the amendments in October…