May 8 – Choir of Dead Trees
Come and sing with the community at 1200 near the Wave Pool.
Friends of Lee Point
May 7 – Dr Jane Goodall
au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-housing-developers-deeply-embarrassing-destruction-of-ancient-forest-sparks-global-condemnation-035027194.html Aussie housing developer’s ‘deeply embarrassing’ destruction of ancient forest sparks global condemnationMichael Dahlstrom7-9 minutes 07/05/2024The destruction of an ancient forest in Australia by a housing developer has drawn international condemnation with veteran conservationist Dr Jane Goodall describing it as “simply unacceptable”. Lee Point is home to at least three native species on the brink …
May 6 – May Day march
Lee Point’s destruction for defence housing is an ecocide massacre‘The community that has formed across this country will never forget the violence of the colony, the silence of our elected members, and the devastating failures of our heritage and environmental legislation.’ Read the article here: https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/06/lee-points-destruction-tanya-plibersek/ Today’s May Day march.
Newsletter – late April 2024
Greetings Friends, This monthly newsletter (No. 38) includes; Is government listening?, Planning for Lee Point, NT Election 2024, art and walks, quiz, grass fire. 1.0 Is Government listening? Fig 1. People at the main 2CRU gate asking the NT Government to stop clearing old-growth forest at Lee Point – 31 March 2024. Fig …
May 5 – Choir
Snap Community Choir Please see the first Voices of the Top End Community Engagement Report which followed 5 months of small-group conversations around Darwin and beyond. What we found was an impressive, coherent picture of what makes our community unique and the long-term priorities for a safe, healthy and fair future. Unsurprisingly, Top End locals talked about …
May 4 – DHA
Palmerston Markets May 3, missing in “in-action”? Defence personnel can access non-market housing without tight means testing or stigma. Defence Housing Australia (DHA) operates as a public housing developer to ensure that defence personnel have affordable housing options near key military facilities. They sometimes sell those properties to private investors with a long-term lease in …
May 2 – 2cru and CBD
Todays round up. “There has to be a duty of care when using heavy machinery in an unsecured site. What would have happened if a protester had fainted while sitting in the grass in the path of the dozers and management knew there were people in the path of that heavy machinery?” Missing in action: …
May 1 – 2cru
If you have any free time now is the time to be out at Lee Point. Multiple arrests are occurring. Workers threatening Violence towards peaceful, non-violent defenders.