Category: News
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Mitchell Park
Mitchell Park Botanical Gardens/Nature Park initiative An effort to make the suburb of Mitchell and the neighbouring part of Litchfield Shire into a nature park/botanical gardens is getting started. Meetings Just a quick reminder that the first of the regular get together meetings will be at the Palmerston Library Community Room tonight from 6pm to…
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Darwin City Council Supports Greening of the Cenotaph Carpark
Sun Newspapers 28.11.2017 … Council has given in-principle support to the Chief Minister’s announcement for a 450-bay underground carpark to be built on the Parliament House Greens. The investment will see the existing carparks at Supremme Court, Chan Building and the Cenotaph on the Esplanade replaced with green, open spaces. We are working towards a…
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Community Survey 2020
Community Survey 2020 PLan – the Planning Action Network Inc is a volunteer community group working for better urban and rural planning in the Northern Territory. We value your opinion on matters that concern all Territorians. Take the survey online here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/survey-2020 Download the survey from here: https://planinc.org.au/images/documents/Community_Survey_2020_v2.pdf
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Save Your Bagot Park
UPDATE Read the Bagot Park For Now and Future Generations document prepared by community members. City of Darwin hands back $8m at request of CM. “On the 21 July 2020, the Lord Mayor received correspondence from the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, stating that “as it is now clear that both the cycling community and local…
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It is your Lee Point
There is now a Save Lee Point Website. Please see here: https://saveleepoint.org.au/ You can sign the petition here: Save Lee Point Petition (actionnetwork.org) It’s your Lee Point This campaign is about having land at Lee Point rezoned to encourage the efficient use of land, infrastructure and services for Darwin residents. The land at Lee Point zoned…
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Governance
What is the role of the City of Darwin? What is the role of the Lord Mayor? There are three layers of government in Australia. “Roads, Rates and Rubbish”. What does the council do? What is the mission and objectives of the City of Darwin? What is the role of the Darwin Waterfront Corporation? What…
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Towers Threaten Botanical Gardens
Like a shell and pea switch game the practice of selling Community Purpose land to developers hides the obvious outcome. Without confirming that the Community wants the asset to be relinquished government sells land like the top of the escarpment over the Botanical Gardens. Then all the purchasing developer has to do is apply for a…
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Who owns Darwin Esplanade?
November 2022, https://planinc.org.au/18-government-a-council-consultations/313-report-on-consultation-on-the-greening-of-the-esplanade-cenotaph-presented-at-the-ordinary-council-meeting-of-25-october-2022.html It seems to us that the City of Darwin (Darwin City Council) has veered off the rails in a big way. Many decisions that affect the assets of the City of Darwin are being taken in secret. The principal stakeholders, the rate payers of Darwin, are the last to hear of the latest…
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MEDIA RELEASE $10.5 million and Bagot Park is no more
MEDIA RELEASE $10.5 million and Bagot Park is no more For Immediate Release Media Contact: Cynthia Last 15th April 2020 Coordinator Friends of Bagot Park Mobile: 0439 626 730 Email: friendsofbagotpark@yahoo.comSummary: • $10.5million allocated to replace the Velodrome at Bagot Park • Planned mass infrastructure will significantly reduce accessibility to open public green space hence,…