Category: Blog & Opinion
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fracking map
Hi Everyone, A new fracking map is now available online and it is shocking! The map, dated July 2018, shows almost all of the NT covered in applications (light purple) and granted permits (dark purple), with very few reserved areas (orange, no go areas). See attached and below. https://core.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/378526/onshore-petroleum-titles-developments.pdf Share this content
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CDU Population Report
DEPARTMENT OFTHE CHIEF MINISTER Population Research ReportSummary Synthesising Northern Territory PopulationResearch: A report to the Northern TerritoryDepartment of the Chief Minister A report on twelve years of population research, the causes andconsequences of population change in the Territory, and evidencebased policy options to address these changes Dr Andrew Taylor & Professor Dean CarsonNorthern InstituteCharles Darwin…
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Dual Occupancy Correspondence
Dual Occupancy Correspondence This email is in two sections, dealing with two separate issues, and lots. (See advert below). Section A We have now had a chance to see the full text of the EDP advertisement which we were apparently only sent part of earlier. At that time, we naturally assumed it was an amended…
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‘The State of the nation starts with you’, by Hugh Mackay.
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…
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Visit our Shopfront Information Centre
A lot of hard work has gone into setting up our new Information Centre at Shop 26/16, Charlton Court, Woolner, opposite Middys Lighting. This is down the hill from Le Cornu’s. There is environmental and planning information in books, magazines, and maps, on our databases, photographs and displays. We open on Thursdays from noon to…
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Find out what is happening around the community
Be prepared! Residents need to be aware of how planning changes can affect their own way of life, quite suddenly. Be alerted to what development or planning applications are being made in your immediate area by this handy website – just type in your address and you will receive an email alerting you to any…
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Residents Meetings – Take action when it is needed
Yesterday, I attended a residents’ meeting at Leanyer. There people are working with the two local members- Paul Henderson and Peter Styles to save a fine section of eucalypt vegetation environment between their homes and the new suburb of Muirhead. People are passionate in these situations, and should not be afraid to act. Suburban Darwin…
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Our environment and Darwin Harbour
Industrial development is threatening the environment in which we live. Without a ‘best practice’ transparent executive EPA, and minus a strong and independent Darwin Harbour Management Committee, the land and sea environment of Darwin will continue to be destroyed. We need to tell governments, or all persuasions, that this approach is not sustainable.Development needs to…
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Convener’s Message
Welcome, Members, Supporters and Visitors to our New Website Worldwide planning for community is now essentially recognised. It is makes for feelings of well-being, community spirit, and cohesion, instead of alienation and despair. Time and again our health and policing costs are affected by poor community planning. Planning is much more than approving single buildings,…