The tiny herb that could stop plans for a new gas industry precinct on Darwin Harbour | ABC NEWS

The Northern Territory government's own draft environmental impact assessment of its Middle Arm project found it would wipe out 86 per cent of an endangered endemic herb. The assessment also found that the project would have a significant impact on endangered mammals and shorebirds, also protected under federal environment law. The NT government says it is premature to make judgments about potential impacts and how they might be managed until the environmental assessments have been finalised. By Jane Bardon for ABC News Northern Territory. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-29/darwin-harbour-middle-arm-endangered-herb-potential-roadblock/106733212 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #ABCNEWSNT