Land clearing for defence housing remains on hold
An Indigenous site where a defence housing agency controversially cleared land must be left alone while a legal challenge is resolved.
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Defence Housing mandates deadly engineered stone in new homes
The rules for 900 homes are 'unacceptable and frankly baffling'.
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Dozens arrested as clearing continues at sensitive site
Protesters have been arrested in their dozens in Darwin as land clearing continues at Lee Point where defence housing is set to be built.
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Traditional owners' last ditch plea to stop bulldozers
A big tract of land in Darwin's north is due to be cleared for a Defence Housing Australia project, sparking action by traditional owners.
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Endangered Gouldian finch lovers fighting Darwin Defence housing project want more bird surveys
As the federal government considers whether to bulldoze 130 hectares of endangered Gouldian finch habitat for a Defence housing development, bird watchers say the decision is being made based on a survey done outside their peak breeding season.
ABC News ·
Endangered Gouldian finch returns to Lee Point, prompting campaign to stop Defence Housing Australia development
The Gouldian finch was once found right across northern Australia but it's now thought there are fewer than 2,500 left in the wild. Their return to a coastal corner of Darwin has started a grassroots movement to stop a Defence housing project.
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ACT urges Tanya Plibersek to quash defence housing plan that would destroy critically endangered grasslands
Defence Housing Australia wants to clear nearly 16 hectares of natural temperate grassland in Canberra’s north-west
The Guardian - AU ·
Tanya Plibersek urged to save Gouldian finches from NT defence development
Conservation group calls on environment minister to reconsider project near Darwin after 100 birds were spotted in bushland marked for clearing
The Guardian - AU ·
Defence did little to stop former army major from $91k rent fraud: lawyer
The prosecution, however, criticised the notion more of the onus should be on Defence Housing Australia in preventing fraud.
The Canberra Times ·
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