Lee Point (Binybara, in local Larrakia language) is part of a woodland biodiversity corridor, 20 kilometres from Darwin’s CBD. Globally significant thanks to it abundance of wildlife, it’s under threat from a Defence Housing Australia development backed by the state and federal governments.
Lee Point’s coastline and old-growth forrest are home to more than a quarter of the bird species in Australia, including the emblematic Gouldian finch, as well as threatened mammals like the northern brush-tailed possum.
How can we save a place of such significant ecological and cultural value? I spoke to the ABC’s Roxanne Fitzgerald for 7.30.
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