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Darwin City Deal continues to revitalise city
The Darwin City Deal, an historic agreement between three levels of government, remains on track to transform Darwin into a more vibrant and liveable tropical city.
Launching the Annual Progress Report in Darwin today, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said the report highlights how the City Deal is delivering jobs and boosting the economy at a critical period in the Territory’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The centrepiece of the Deal, the $250 million Charles Darwin University’s Education and Community Precinct, started construction in October 2020 and is on track to transform the city centre,” Minister Fletcher said.
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CSIRO maps Darwins hot spots and heat-health vulnerability
On the back of Darwin’s record-breaking November heat, scientists from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO have released two reports, one mapping the city’s surface temperatures and one providing strategies to deal with urban heat.
Researchers mapped Darwin’s land surface temperatures after the wet season and in the dry season, including thermal ‘hot spots’ and areas of potential high heat-health vulnerability.
Lead researchers Jacqui Meyers and Dr Brenda Lin have also proposed heat mitigation strategies for the future.
Ms Meyers said surface temperature hot spots in Darwin include:
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