Save Lee Point resolution
Potential candidates in the Darwin-Palmerston-Rural Area were asked in an email, if elected:
“will you support a moratorium on the current DHA housing project at Lee Point until the (independent) NT Planning Commission has completed a comprehensive Area Plan for the Lee Point peninsula that reflects the needs and wishes of the community.”
Responses were: YES, NO, UNDECIDED or if no response received NO RESPONSE. Comments were optional and limited to 50 words.
Further information was provided after May 2024 to answer – queries from potential candidates.
Darwin Northern Suburbs
Electorate | Potential Candidates | Response | Response Comment |
Casuarina | Lauren Moss – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Casuarina | Khoda Patel – CLP | NO | |
Casuarina | Martin Jackson – Ind | YES | The site should be fully protected.A comprehensive area plan makes sense to also view the bigger picture.The housing can be better located nearer the Robertson Barracks. |
Casuarina | Pamela (Res) McCalman – Greens | YES | Binybara Lee Point should be fully protected and all land clearing should stop. Labor has not listened to Larrakia Tradional Owners and many people in the community want Binybara saved. Theres only one Binybara Lee Point: its cultural significance and natural value can’t be replaced. |
Johnston | Joel Bowden – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Johnston | Gary Strackan – CLP | NO | |
Johnston | Justine Davis – Ind | YES | The Government needs to listen to the community who have spoken loudly and clearly about the need to Save Lee Point. What are they doing to support and represent the many many thousands of people who want to protect this important and beautiful place? |
Johnston | Billie Barton – Greens | YES | The NT Greens stand with the community in their strong and brave opposition to the development of Lee Point. Natural spaces are what makes Darwin special, and why we all love living here. I oppose the clearing of this place that is so important to so many, from a biodiversity, cultural and community perspective. |
Karama | Ngaree Ah Kit – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Karama | Brian O’Gallagher – CLP | NO | |
Karama | Justine Glover – Ind | YES | Lee Point must be saved for future generations and to bulldoze it shows total disregard for the climate emergency that we face. |
Karama | Andy Rowan – Greens | YES | This area is so special to our community and to the Larrakia people. We need to protect such a precious and irreplaceable place, and also be smarter in our design of suburbs so that new housing is close to services, well connected to public transport and has adequate Green spaces for climate mitigation. |
Nightcliff | Natasha Fyles – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Nightcliff | Helen Secretary – CLP | NO | |
Nightcliff | Kat McNamara – Greens | YES | I support a moratorium on the DHA development at Lee Point. The community response to protect Lee Point/Binybarra has been immense and the government has not consulted them in any meaningful way. Protecting old-growth urban wildlife refuges from development is key to providing habitat for wildlife in an extinction crisis. |
Nightcliff | Mililma May – Ind | YES | I will absolutely support a moratorium on the current DHA Housing project. I will continue to fight alongside my Elders, my community and Territorians to ensure we as Politicians respond with integrity to the needs and wishes of the community. |
Nightcliff | George Mamouzellos – Ind | tba | |
Sanderson | Kate Worden – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Sanderson | Jinson Anto Charls – CLP | NO | |
Wanguri | Shlok Sharma – Labor | NO | |
Wanguri | Oly Carlson – CLP | NO | |
Wanguri | Graeme Sawyer – Ind | YES | I support a moratorium on Lee Point and a revisit of the plans to force them to comply with the EPBC Act as a minimum. I will endeavour to get it shifted to Holtze. The environmental and social consequences are too great. |
Wanguri | Andrew Coates – Greens | YES | There are other locations that the DHA housing can be moved to, but you can’t just move or replace old growth woodland that is a key biodiversity hotspot … This is a special site for so many Territorians and the community needs to be listened to. |
Darwin
| Electorate | Potential Candidates | Response | Response Comment |
Fannie Bay | Brent Potter – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Fannie Bay | Laurie Zio – CLP | NO | |
Fannie Bay | Suki Dorras-Walker – Greens | YES | The NT Greens have called on the NT Government to represent the strong community opposition to the development of Lee Point and to stop the clearing of this precious place. Please let us know what we can do to further assist the Friends of Lee Point campaign. |
Fannie Bay | Leonard May – Ind | YES | |
Fong Lim | Mark Monaghan – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Fong Lim | Tanzil Rahman – CLP | NO | |
Fong Lim | Amye Un – Ind | YES | |
Fong Lim | Simon Niblock – Greens | YES | I stand with the community in their strong opposition to the development of Lee Point. We must protect Lee Point given its significance from a biodiversity, cultural and community perspective. We must also be smart in our design of housing developments so that residents are well connected to services. |
Port Darwin | Brian Manning – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Port Darwin | Robyn Cahill – CLP | NO | |
Port Darwin | Janey Davies – Ind | YES | I absolutely support the moratorium of Lee Point. Thank you to all members of the Save Lee Point Group who have exposed the NTG lack of environmental consultation. |
Port Darwin | Greg Dickson – Greens | YES | Levelling Lee Point to build DHA housing is clearly unpopular and requires smart decision making. I stand with the community and fully support a moratorium that allows for proper consideration of the ecological, social and cultural values of the site |
Port Darwin | Leah Potter – Ind | YES | I have been supportive of the Lee Point protests throughout the campaign and Sunset Soup Kitchen provided swags and power generator for the campers during the overnight actions. |
Palmerston
| Electorate | Potential Candidates | Response | Response Comment |
Blain | Mark Turner – Ind | UNDECIDED | |
Blain | Dani Eveleigh – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Blain | Matthew Kerle – CLP | NO | |
Braitling | Joshua Burgoyne – CLP | NO | |
Braitling | Allison Bitar – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Braitling | Asta Hill – Greens | YES | |
Brennan | Marie-Clare Boothby – CLP | NO | |
Brennan | Tony Sievers – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Drysdale | Eva Lawler – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Drysdale | Clinton Howe – CLP | NO | |
Drysdale | Cindy Mebbingarri Roberts – Ind | tba | |
Spillett | Lia Finocchario – CLP | NO | |
Spillett | Caleb Burke – Labor | NO RESPONSE |
Rural Area
| Electorate | Potential Candidates | Response | Response Comment |
Nelson | Gerald Maley – CLP | NO | |
Nelson | Anthony Venes – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Nelson | Beverley Ratahi – Ind | tba | |
Goyder | Sandy Griffin – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Goyder | Belinda Kolstad – Ind | UNDECIDED | |
Goyder | Andrew MacKay – CLP | NO | |
Goyder | Mathew Salter – Ind | YES | |
Goyder | Trevor Jenkins – Ind | tba | |
Daly | Dheran Young – Labor | NO RESPONSE | |
Daly | Kris Civitarese – CLP | NO |
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