$446m masterplan for future of Kakadu town scheduled for closure

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The Northern Territory government and Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) have unveiled a new masterplan for a township in the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park.

The masterplan represents the local Indigenous Mirarr peoples’ vision for the future of Jabiru, a town built by Energy Resources of Australia (ERA), a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, in 1982 to service the nearby Ranger Uranium Mine.