Ministers and Aboriginal custodians divided over Darwin housing development

Key points

• Larrakia custodians are divided over a Defence Housing Australia development at Lee Point in Darwin. Custodian Helen Secretary supports the project, saying Defence has consulted Larrakia people and no sacred sites lie in the cleared area.
• Custodian Lorraine Juwayning Williams says the land is sacred and the development would harm it. The Friends of Lee Point group has asked the National Environment Protection Agency to examine the plan for protecting the black-footed tree-rat, saying the offset habitat is inferior.
• Defence Housing Australia says the offset was accepted through federal environmental approvals.