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  • MEDIA RELEASE URGENT INTERVENTION REQUIRED – 145 HA UNIQUE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AT THREAT

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    PLan: The Planning Action Network Inc. – 16/10/2018 MEDIA RELEASE URGENT INTERVENTION REQUIRED – 145 HA UNIQUE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AT THREAT Nick Kirlew, Convener of PLan: The Planning Action Network today released a letter to the NT Minister for Planning, the Federal Government Ministers for Defence, Finance and the Minister for Defence Personnel all of…

  • Lee Point Submission October 2018

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    Lee Point Master-Planned Urban Development [2CRU (West) & Muirhead North (East), being Defence Housing Australia proposed development. Submission by PLan: the Planning Action Network. 5.10.2018Comments were invited by DIPL when a variation amending text was submitted by DHA in September, 2018. A. BACKGROUND TO THESE COMMENTS – NEED FOR PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH COMMUNITY. 1. In…

  • Parliament House Car Park

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    NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIAPlanning Act – sections 54 and 55DEVELOPMENT PERMITDP18/0131DESCRIPTION OF LAND THE SUBJECT OF THE PERMITLot 03940Town of Darwin25 MITCHELL ST, DARWIN CITYAPPROVED PURPOSETo use and develop the land for the purpose of a 3 – storey underground carpark (450 spaces), inaccordance with the attached schedule of conditions and the endorsed plans.VARIATIONS GRANTEDNil.BASE…

  • Post Office Car Park – a tale of three trees

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    Here is the baby Boab tree dated 1911, and the other school building across Wood Street on the PO Carpark site. Supplied by Judy Boland. The trees near by may be Milkwoods. Share this content

  • Lee Point Clearing!

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      Dear Editor Why does bushland have to be cleared when the Property Council of the NT’s ‘accurate’ assessment of vacant residential land found ‘more than 5,300 blocks’ likely to be available (NT News September 19, 2018)? 500 of these residential lots will be created when the bush opposite Lee Point Resort is cleared by…

  • PLan’s NOTES ON THE NTG’s PROPOSED ‘PLANNING REFORM

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    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…

  • People in parks are more positive

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    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. Share this content

  • Developing the North: Supporting Jobs through the Contemporary Management of Pastoral Land

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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…

  • fracking map

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    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

  • CDU Population Report

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    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…