Barkly Regional Council

Minister for Local Government Chansey Paech’s announcement regarding the investigation into the Barkly Regional Council. Please follow the link within the media announcement for further information regarding the Investigator's report and recommendations. Barkly Regional Council dismissed from office 20 June 2024 Members of the Barkly Regional Council have today been dismissed from office and a general election for a new Council will be held on 2 November 2024. Minister for Local Government Chansey Paech placed the Barkly Regional Council under official management in October last year, and suspended all members due to serious deficiencies in operations that affected municipal and…

Acting CEO Russell Anderson resigned from Council this week, serving his last day today. Acting Mayor Greg Marlow said he was surprised by Mr Anderson’s announcement, however completelyunderstands his circumstances. The Acting Mayor has nothing but praise for the local government veteran. “In the seven months since Mr Anderson’s appointment, he has done an excellent job of stabilising Council,rebuilding staff levels and reestablishing remote services to the bush,” he said. A new CEO was appointed at the 31 August Special Meeting of Council. It was planned for Mr Anderson to continue in the acting CEO position until the arrival of…

BARKLY Regional Council (BRC) has appointed a Project Manager to establish the Tennant Creek Youth Centre. Brody Moore has a wealth of experience setting up youth facilities and will lead a team of dedicated staff to open the Centre in the coming weeks. Keys to the Centre were officially handed over from local contracting company Remote Concrete NT to BRC last week. With support from the Australian Government, NT Government and Territory Families, Housing and Community (TFHC), Council will employ a Centre Manager and three Indigenous Youth Sports Officers to run operations. The Building Better Regions Fund funded construction of…

Around 20 residents have taken up Barkly Regional Council’s invitation to meet with its specialist Rates Team to bring their accounts up to date. Many of the issues surrounding the confusion were due to clerical errors stemming from out-of-date receipting processes from June 2022-January 2023, where rates payments were not recorded correctly. But now after centralising the Rates Team in Tennant Creek from Darwin, progress has been made to rectify procedures including the move to new receipting software Councilwise. The 2023-24 rates notices were issued to ratepayers last week, with the first instalment deadline on 30 September. While there are…

Due to an equipment malfunction, the re-opening of the Tennant Creek Swimming Pool will be delayedby up to two weeks.While a new pump for the pool was successfully installed by local contractors, it was found the variable speeddrive (VSD) to the pump had suffered electrical damage and was inoperable, and the drive for the second pumpwas incompatible with the new model.Contractors are now working on installing a new VSD, as well as looking to see if the second pump can be startedto begin the process of treating the water.Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin acknowledged the importance of community pools in bringing people…

The Labor Territory Government has teamed up with Barkly Regional Council Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin to start an immediate working group to save the Tennant Creek Show. After news hit of the 2023 Show’s cancellation yesterday evening, Chief Minister Natasha Fyles was alerted to the troubles behind the Tennant and Districts Show Society Committee’s decision. The working group met today to develop a fast-action plan to ensure the Show goes ahead. Mayor Jeffrey said the NT Government has already committed an initial $10,000 to address infrastructure issues at Jubilee Park, while the working group is considering alternative sites. “Bells Amusements has…