May 11 – Seabreeze Festival and community choir
Friends of Lee Point and Plan stall from 3pm Saturday and Lee Point Community Choir at 7pm.
Friends of Lee Point
May 9 – works halted!
Three items here, ECNT release, Protesters video and EJA press release. Media release: Works “paused” at Lee Point as Defence Housing Australia accused of alleged unlawful land clearing, as environment and community groups call for Senate probe Environmental groups and community members involved in the campaign to Save Lee Point have today called for the …
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 …
