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Darwin Council offers Fannie Bay Equestrian Club new lease

SIGHS of relief were heard in the Darwin Council chamber as the council backflipped on its decision to get rid of the Fannie Bay Equestrian Club, instead offering it a new 20 year lease

Fannie Bay Equestrian Club members Lalwa May and Victoria Brenton with petitions to hand over to Darwin Council. Picture: KATRINA BRIDGEFORD
Fannie Bay Equestrian Club members Lalwa May and Victoria Brenton with petitions to hand over to Darwin Council. Picture: KATRINA BRIDGEFORD

Sighs of relief were heard in the Darwin Council chamber when council backflipped on its decision to get rid of the Fannie Bay Equestrian Club, instead offering it a new 20 year lease.

But the new lease will not offer the club certainty, as a newly elected council will still have the option to reneg on the lease, when it is sworn in in September.

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Council was offered three options last night: to offer a new 20 year lease to the club, to renew the current lease for another 20 years, or to stick with the current decision which will see the club moved on in 2020.

After a robust discussion over more than an hour and a half, all bar a couple of aldermen voted to offer the club a new lease.

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