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Supermarket giant Woolworths will not go ahead with building its controversial Dan Murphyâs store in Darwin after an independent review found the company had not sufficiently consulted with Indigenous stakeholders.
Woolworths told investors it would axe its plans to build the Darwinâs largest Dan Murphyâs store within walking distance of the cityâs biggest Aboriginal community in Bagot. Local Indigenous community groups had likened the decision to Rio Tintoâs destruction of Juukan Gorge.
Woolworths has axed its plans to build a Dan Murphyâs store in Darwin.
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An independent panel, lead by lawyer Danny Gilbert, issued a series of recommendations this week to the retailerâs board, including that the development should not go ahead. A large part of the reviewâs focus was on if Woolworths had sufficiently addressed local concerns about the site.
A planned Dan Murphy s megastore in Darwin has been scrapped by owners Woolworths after months of protests by Indigenous leaders who claimed the move put profits before the community.
The Dan Murphy s megastore at Darwin Airport has been in the sights of the local Danila Dilba Health Service, which launched legal action last month.
The group objected to the Northern Territory government s decision to approve the bottle shop - which would have been the largest in the NT - and demanded the accompanying liquor licence be revoked.
A render of the planned Dan Murphy s at Darwin Airport (pictured) that has been scrapped by Woolworths after protests from Indigenous leaders