With the early morning sun rising bringing promise of a hot October day to follow, Ampro Tuddaa Lavender became a new citizen of Australia at a ceremony held at Ngukurr at the end of October 2014.
The Roper Gulf Regional town of Beswick located about 110 kilometres east of Katherine has started a new horticultural training and development program. The neat little town, already an oasis in the area, will get new plantings of Indigenous fruiting and medicinal trees and bushes as an extra...
Roper Gulf Regional Council will speed up improvement to the energy efficiency of its nine regional offices following the granting of just over $1/2 Million from the Australian Government.
The mighty Beswick Bears triumphed last weekend in winning the Traditional Credit Union CU Cup played in Katherine after a clear win against Jilkminggan 97 to 25. The Cup is awarded at the end of the minor Championship before the final season.
The first meeting of the Hodgson Downs Local Authority on the 20th August has marked the completion of the establishment of 10 Local Authorities in the Roper Gulf Regional Council.
An urgent request to build a Chemical storage shed for the Town swimming pool at Ngukurr has been answered by the RJCP Certificate 2 in Construction team.
Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander people is back on the Federal Government’s agenda and the Joint Select Committee appointed by the Australian Parliament to research, consult and prepare a report for the Parliament sat for one day in Katherine in August to consult...
On Wednesday 13 August the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) announced that the Jilkminggan Youth Activities group was successful in getting funding under the ABC’s FRRR Heywire program. This funding will enable the Jilkminggan Youth Group, known as the Jamboree Mob, to run a program...
The Mayor of Roper Gulf Regional Council has expressed concern that the freezing of the indexation of Federal Assistance Grants has left rural and remote Councils missing an important and expected funding boost.
Roper Gulf Regional Council has completed its Budget Plan for 2014 – 2015, its largest budget in the five years since the Local Government was formed in 2008. The 2014 -2015 Budget and Regional Plan were approved by Council at its recent meeting in 25 of June.
Exciting ‘dos, hair tints and stunning new make up and nails are likely to be seen around Ngukurr with the return of ten young women after completing an introductory hairdressing and make up course.
Basic repairs and maintenance of public housing, that’s the assignment of the Housing maintenance officers employed by Roper Gulf Regional Council as part of the newly won contract with the NT Government.
Lorraine Bennett the Remote Schools Attendance Scheme supervisor for Beswick is going to Canberra at the end of May as part of a nine person group to meet with the Prime Minister’s Indigenous advisory Council and the Prime Minister.
Finding suitable accommodation for Council, Government and other visitors to small communities is often a challenge in towns with acute housing shortages. Bulman located 340 kilometres north east of Katherine has always had a shortage of visitors’ accommodation and being located at least four or...
A recent funding grant from the Northern Territory Department of Health under the “Youth at Risk Program” has allowed 14 young people aged 13 to 16 years of age from the small town of Jilkminggan to compete in the Easter Basketball competition held in Darwin.
Ex Cyclone Gillian has blown past Borroloola, a town of a thousand or more people located in the South West Gulf of the Roper Gulf Regional Council. No major flooding or damage this time but Borroloola has suffered three floods already this year.
