Category: Blog & Opinion

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…

https://theconversation.com/tweet-all-about-it-people-in-parks-feel-more-positive-95290 People in parks are more positive, and around areas like major transport hubs more negative, according to analysis of 2.2 million tweets in Melbourne.

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…

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

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…

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…