Category: News
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Support the Heritage Listing of the Kulaluk Lease, and Save the BUSH BLOCK
The land behind McDonalds and fronting Dick Ward Drive (off Fitzer Drive) is in imminent danger and could be lost forever, we urgently need your support.
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Area Plans for Darwin’s Inner Suburbs
The NT Planning Commission expects that Darwin’s population to double in 40-50 years. The NT Government intends to densify by infill developments in Darwin’s Inner Suburbs, from Stuart Park to the Narrows. This is as well as the Darwin CBD doubling in size.
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Help Save the Gardens Suburb Community
The Gardens is a small suburb almost hidden between the Botanic Gardens and the Stuart Highway. A tight nit community has chosen to live here, supposedly out of harms way. They are now literally campaigning to save their community from destruction by high rise development. On Saturday 30 August, about 100 of them rallied close…
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EIS about the new Fighter Aircraft due soon in the Top End
The new Australian Fighter Aircraft will be the F35A LIGHTNING II. Details of the Environmental Impact Statement(EIS), other relevant information, and comments will be at www.f35evolution.com.au. Pitch Black Air Exercises 2014 There will be aircraft noise during PITCH BLACK quite separately. This has a major disrupting effect on parts of Darwin, which affected people may…
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Draft Darwin Regional Land Use Plan
The NT Planning Commission now has on exhibition a copy of the Draft Darwin Regional Land Use. This is the next stage on from the Towards a Darwin Regional land Use PLan, and is supposed to reflect the consultation on that document. The plan is the big picture future plan. The Commissioner Gary Nairn has…
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Old Hospital Site (Myilly Point) Draft Proposal
The Northern Territory Government, via the NT PLanning Commission, has at last put together a draft proposal about the OLD HOSPITAL SITE/MYILLY POINT/FLAGSTAFF PARK/KAHLIN. Unfortunately it proposes that over 60% of the land would be taken up by residential development ‘to pay for’ making green open space available. Not really appropriate when it is all…
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Community Consultation on the CBD MasterPlan Project
Consultation continues on the CBD Masterplan project to be finalised by the end of 2013. See further information contained in attached pdf, or on the City of Darwin website, participate, and make a submission. Darwin CBD Master Plan Update
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Proposed Nightcliff Foreshore Cafe/Restaurant
After a long delay, City of Darwin finally announced its consultation on the idea of building a Cafe/Restaurant on the Nightcliff Foreshore near the Nightcliff Swimming pool. Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim made it quite clear on ABC TV News (25.3.2013) that those who are totally against any such building here on the foreshore headland,…
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Palmerston CBD Masterplan
Palmerston City Council is exhibiting a draft Masterplan for their CBD for comment and consultation. The coloured draft masterplan brochure is NOW on display at www.palmerston.nt.gov.au The link is on the main website page, and all pages can be opened and viewed. Details are given about the consultation process.
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Greater Darwin Plan Scuttles the Darwin Town Plan Values – A Densification Bulldozer
On the morning of 1 March, 2012, Chief Minister Paul Henderson announced his Greater Darwin PLan for our beautiful tropical city by one of the best natural harbours in the world. It introduces chaos, and leaves residents living in uncertainty. Largely as a result of having attracted INPEX LNG Plant here, the Northern Territory Government…