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Advertisement Supermarket giant Woolworths will not go ahead with building its controversial Dan Murphy’s 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 Darwin’s largest Dan Murphy’s store within walking distance of the city’s biggest Aboriginal community in Bagot. Local Indigenous community groups had likened the decision to Rio Tinto’s destruction of Juukan Gorge. Woolworths has axed its plans to build a Dan Murphy’s store in...

Woolworths will axe its plans to build the Darwin’s largest Dan Murphy’s store within walking distance of the city’s biggest Aboriginal community in Bagot. An independent panel issued a series of recommendations this week to the retailer’s board, including that the development should not go ahead due to the company not doing enough to consult with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. “As to whether there’s a future store for Dan Murphy’s in Darwin, that will be up to the Endeavour Group,” said Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci. The head of supermarket giant Wool...

Advertisement Supermarket giant Woolworths will not proceed with building a controversial Dan Murphy’s 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 Darwin’s largest Dan Murphy’s store within walking distance of three dry Aboriginal communities, including Bagot, Darwin’s biggest. Local Indigenous community groups had likened the decision to mining giant Rio Tinto’s destruction of ancient caves at Juukan Gorge. Woolworths has axed its plans to build a...