Danila Dilba’s court move contradicts Indigenous community’s backing of Dan Murphy’s

Danila Dilba’s legal challenge to cancel the liquor licence approved for the Dan Murphy’s store because of a lack of consultation is only an attempt to delay the inevitable

Dan Murphy's Open House preview during which the company is inviting members of the local community to find out more about the proposed store and to talk to them directly.

Danila Dilba’s legal challenge to cancel the liquor licence approved for the Dan Murphy’s store because of a lack of consultation is only an attempt to delay the inevitable.

The five-year wait for the liquor giant’s go ahead for the Darwin store has been a saga which seemed like it would never end.

Now it has reached its right and proper conclusion but Danila Dilba are determined to put the overwhelming majority of Darwin residents in favour of the development through yet another legal delay.

To claim a lack of consultation is hardly fair when last month Gwalwa Daraniki Association chair Helen Secretary, which administers Kulaluk and Minmarama Park communities in Darwin, said Dan Murphy’s had been liaising with its residents for three years.

Ms Secretary said they supported the development and Danila Dilba had not spoken to the communities about the project. Dan Murphy’s themselves have embarked on an independent review to appease all concerns in the community.

There is already a problem with alcohol in Darwin. Having one more bottle shop is not going to make the problem worse.

Problem drinkers will find alcohol to consume without a Dan Murphy’s.

When it goes ahead, the $50m Dan Murphy’s project will create 160 construction jobs and another 135 permanent jobs once complete.