Darwin Council committed at least 16 “significant” failures of governance under two different pieces of legislation when sealing its secret deal with developer DCOH to build a 21-storey hybrid civic centre-officer tower, lawyers acting for nearby residents have said, with council now asked to hand over hidden documents relating to the development to help inform a potential Federal Court challenge to prevent the building being constructed.
The council issued a press release on Monday, unusually quoting chief executive officer Simone Saunders and not Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis, announcing the controversial civic centre’s redevelopment application had been approved by the Development Consent Authority, with building works due to commence shortly.
Please sign the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-21-storey-development-on-harry-chan-avenue-public-land
This is not anti development stance ala Lee Point, this is Zero consultation by a elected officials who know they wont have a job next election!
Please send a message to ALL current Aldermen of City of Darwin including the highly respected Mayor
This will be a medium to longer term business failure with the hapless rate -payers who have been kept largely in the dark, having to foot the bill. The risk associated with the project has been placed on the ratepayers by the proponents of the development which proceeds in doubtful circumstances. Sound familiar regarding governance arrangements in the NT? By the way, where are the usually vocal Greens in this development. Gone bush when needed?
WHAT a place the Territory has become, a place where ordinary citizens have to engage lawyers to correct injustice and non-compliant actions from the very agencies that should be enforcing compliance, procedural fairness and best practice!.
Help me bring the weight of federal jurisdiction down on this NT shit show!
Vote one nation for the senate because we have all had a gutful
Start digging people: we hear the free version of: chatgpt[dot]com does a decent job of work histories and friends and family connections.
Development Consent Authority members
This page lists the membership of the Development Consent Authority in the Northern Territory as at 28 January 2025
Chair
Suzanne Philip
Darwin
Marion Guppy
Mark Blackburn
Peter Pangquee
Mick Palmer
Jimmy Bouhoris – alternate for Peter Pangquee and Mick Palmer
We will just say straight away that Marion Guppy has a long history of work in the Education Dept alongside some of the worst public servants in many years to suck millions upon millions of dollars over their careers out of the system while doing nothing for outcomes but their own financial ones: Catherine Weber, Eva Lawler, Hylton Hayes, Ken Davies, Vicki Baylis.
Some ticks are harder than others to get rid of.
The develper has been recruiting for senour construction manager positions for months.