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port developed on Tiwi Islands without EIS

To: Denise Goodfellow <>
Subject: port developed on Tiwi Islands without EIS
From: David Clark <>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 20:26:50 +1000
There is so much wrong with this that it is difficult to know where to
start.  However, like Denise, I think that other unscrupulous developers
will attempt to build first and avoid questions later, particularly if they
think they can find comfort in one of our 'free trade' agreements.

Emails to the Commonwealth and NT Environment Ministers are called for.

Cheers

David

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 7:06 PM, Denise Goodfellow <
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> Here in the Top End myself, friends and colleagues were flabbergasted to
> hear earlier this week that a deep sea port had been built in the Tiwi
> Islands.  But what compounded our amazement was that it had been built in
> an  area listed as internationally significant to wildlife but without any
> environmental approval.  Government ministers appear to be passing the buck
> - no one is accepting any responsibility.  It seems that companies such as
> the Singaporean corporation involved here, can ignore the NT Environmental
> Approval Act with impunity.
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> What really concerns me is that this development will set a precedent, not
> only in the NT, but elsewhere in Australia.  We’ve already seen off an
> inappropriate development here in Darwin River, but the proposals and
> exploration licences keep coming.
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> The Environmental Defenders’ Office is prepared to launch an action but
> need a plaintiff.  That might be hard to find, but all ideas are welcome.
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> Denise Lawungkurr  Goodfellow
> PO Box 71
> Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841
> 043 8650 835
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> PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
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> Founding Member: Ecotourism Australia
> Nominated by Earthfoot for Condé Nast’s International  Ecotourism Award,
> 2004.
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> With every introduction of a plant or animal that goes feral this
> continent becomes a little less unique, a little less Australian.
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