Save Lee Point

The bulldozers could be back at Lee Point within weeks

It’s crunch time for Lee Point.

Community opposition and legal challenges have stopped work on the controversial 132-hectare development for years, but Defence Housing Australia says the bulldozers will return this Dry season.

Lee Point is Darwin’s last intact wildlife corridor, and a vital link for nature in our landscape that is home to endangered species like rainbow coloured Gouldian finches, iconic black-footed tree-rats, possums and blue-tongued skinks. It is a birders’ paradise, with more than one-third of all Australia’s bird species found right here on our doorsteps!

From the migrating shorebirds to the owls, kites, eagles and Gouldian finches, the birdlife at Lee Point is integral to the cultural fabric of this place. Binybara/Lee Point holds profound cultural significance for Larrakia people who have never stopped fighting to protect this precious place.

Now it is time to ramp up community pressure on federal Labor to Save Lee Point for good.

Territory Labor has stepped up – now it's time for Federal Labor to do the same

In a major win for the community, newly elected Member for Nightcliff, Ed Smelt, has acknowledged that Territory Labor got it wrong on Lee Point. Territory Labor is officially calling for a moratorium on clearing and for an area plan to be developed, in recognition of Binybara/Lee Point’s cultural and ecological significance.

Community group, Friends of Lee Point, has been consistently calling for this for years! Now, Territory Labor is on board, but we need Federal Labor to step up and deliver what the community is calling for... an end to Defence Housing Australia’s destructive development and protection for the priceless cultural and ecological values of Lee Point.

Sign our petition to send a message to Federal Labor:

<p><span data-contrast="auto">Dear Minister Watt, Mr Gosling, Minister McCarthy and Minister Keogh,</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">After years of community effort, Territory Labor has formally backed a moratorium on clearing at Lee Point and called for an area plan that properly recognises and protects the special values of Binybara/Lee Point. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">We now call on Federal Labor to show the same leadership, the same care and same respect for the community and Binybara.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Binybara holds immense cultural significance to the Larrakia people, who have strongly led efforts to protect it. Ecologically, Lee Point is Darwin's last intact wildlife corridor. It’s home to more than 270 bird species, internationally significant populations of migratory shorebirds, critically endangered eastern curlews, rainbow-coloured Gouldian Finches, black-footed tree-rats, and northern brushtail possums. These species are already under pressure. Once this corridor is gone, no offset can replace what will be lost. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The community will never stop saving Lee Point – Territory Labor now supports the community on this, and Federal Labor must do the same!</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">We are asking Federal Labor to take three concrete steps:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Support the moratorium.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> <br /></span>Halt all clearing at Lee Point immediately and back Territory Labor's call for a moratorium while a proper area plan is developed.</li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Revoke DHA's environmental approval.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"><br /></span><span data-contrast="auto">Minister Murray Watt must use his authority under the EPBC Act to revoke the approval that has allowed this project to damage threatened species habitat and Larrakia cultural heritage.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Binybara/Lee Point is irreplaceable. Territory Labor has found the courage to act. We urge Federal Labor to do the same – step up, listen to the community and save Binybara/ Lee Point! </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Regards,</span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>

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