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Kakadu Action Group
The Kakadu Action Group (KAG) was formed in 1987 In Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to campaign against proposals to resume mining at Coronation Hill in the Kakadu National Park region of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Background
In 1988 BHP proposed mining at Coronation Hill and El Sherana where there was a disused uranium mine from the 1950s.

Groups from environmental, social and indigenous perspectives opposed the proposal. Miners and some economists supported it.

History
The KAG was set up by Lindsay Mollison at the Melbourne offices of the Australian Conservation Foundation in the suburb of Glenferrie where regular meetings were held.

As well the Group held public meetings to encourage public support for opposition to the proposal.

Mollison also participated by contributing and rebutting letters to the "Letters to the Editor" of The Age newspaper over the several years.

It was being surveilled by the Australian Government with archives of its meetings still held secretly by the Government (due for release in 2026).

Outcome
The group disbanded after the mining proposal was eventually vetoed at a Cabinet meeting by the then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, in May 1991. Those actions were important in his being replaced later that year.

The disputed area was added to Kakadu National Park as part of its stage 3 inclusions in 1992.