The partnership between the National NAIDOC Committee (NNC) and Woolworths Group could be severed, depending on how the supermarket giant deals with community opposition to their proposed Dan Murphy s megastore.
In a statement provided to NITV News, the National NAIDOC Committee said it had suspended discussions with the Woolworths Group regarding an official partnership for NAIDOC Week 2021. The NNC supports the significant concerns over the development raised by the 45 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and health organisations, it said. We strongly urge Woolworths Group to work with the Aboriginal communities, leaders and other stakeholders in Darwin to help create a stronger, healthier and more resilient community.
Reconciliation Australia won t be severing ties with Woolworths Group just yet, despite mounting pressure over a planned Dan Murphy s megastore to be located near three dry Aboriginal communities.
Last week, an open letter was signed by more than 30 health and community organisations calling for the supermarket giant to have its Reconciliation Action Plan to be scrapped, similar to the course taken with Rio Tinto for the destruction of 46,000 year old rock formations at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara.
The letter describes the construction of the Darwin alcohol mega-store, which will be located near three dry Aboriginal communities, as the wilful and deliberate destruction of the health and lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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