00:02Larrakia custodian Lorraine Williams is appealing to the federal government to stop its defence
00:08housing company clearing land at Durban's Lee Point for 200 defence and 600 private
00:15homes.
00:16So there is a sacred site and it's out in the ocean there, but all of this land is
00:20actually really important to us.
00:22Since June, Larrakia custodians have forced a pause on the clearing, arguing in the NT
00:28cut tribunal, Indigenous stone tools shouldn't have been removed.
00:33After four years of protests, Lorraine Williams is now lobbying Indigenous Australians Minister
00:40Malindiri McCarthy, telling her the bush site's secret story.
00:45I said one on one, Aboriginal woman to Aboriginal woman, I'm going to tell you what this is
00:49about, you need to understand it.
00:51Malindiri McCarthy has in turn asked Federal Finance Minister Katie Gallagher to reconsider
00:57the development's impacts.
00:59I have advocated as the Senator for the Northern Territory for Senator Gallagher to have a look
01:04at all those issues.
01:05NT Labour MLA Ed Smelt took Katie Gallagher to Lee Point to ask her to stop the building
01:12last month.
01:13She accepted what I was saying and she understood the concerns that constituents have.
01:19But the lobbying to kill the project using sacred sites has angered Larrakia custodian Helen's
01:26secretary.
01:27We need more housing, but while I'm speaking out, Defence have been consulting with Larrakia
01:35people.
01:36We've been working good together under the cultural heritage monitoring.
01:40She says the only sacred site is on the coast, not in the bush to be cleared.
01:45It's like a reef at the tip of Lee Point.
01:50That's where Minyaburra is.
01:52Angering Lorraine Williams.
01:54If I say this is a woman's place, don't question it.
01:58Opponents are calling on the Federal Government to build its contested Lee Point housing estate
02:03on surplus land that it plans to sell off for development at its Berrimah Defence Base.
02:09I think the Defence Establishment Berrimah is a fantastic site and a terrific opportunity.
02:14Helen's secretary thinks a site swap isn't viable and she's hoping some Defence Berrimah
02:21land could go to the Larrakia.
02:23There's certain areas of land that Defence have been discussing with us to give back to
02:28the Larrakia people.
02:29Defence Housing told the ABC it's undertaken extensive consultation with the Larrakia people
02:36and restarted work at Lee Point.
02:42The Larrakia people started working with the Larrakia people and restarted work at Lee Point.
02:45The Larrakia people started working with the Larrakia people and have a dozen I think the
02:46years after the Markeia people was able to meet with the Larrakia people.
