Roper Gulf Regional Council Mayor, Tony Jack expressed disappointment today that the recently announced second round of the National Stronger Regions funding has not funded any projects in the Northern Territory.
The NT Chief Minister announced on the 19th October that $40 million will be invested in joint program between Telstra and Government to bring mobile coverage to a number of towns including four in the Roper Gulf region.
Good news for Cassandra Coulthard who has been selected into the Cert IV in Indigenous Leadership at the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre based in Canberra.
Roper Gulf Regional Council has begun a series of community consultations aimed at informing the development of a 15 year Sport and Recreation Facility Master Plan.
A half million-dollar Community Energy Efficiency Program is nearing completion in the Roper Gulf region having upgraded and massively improved the energy efficiency of Roper Gulf Regional Council business offices that serve the nine towns of the region.
Roper Gulf Regional Council’s Mayor Tony Jack expressed concern that recent announcements about Commonwealth National Stronger Regions Funding did not include any projects outside Darwin.
Wednesday night before Easter was a big night for Jilkminggan. The small town on the Roper River had an opening night and about seventy people, young and old came for the first performance of a play produced by the young members of the town.
The Northern Territory Electoral Commission today declared Daniel Mulholland as duly elected as the Councillor representing the South West Gulf Ward of the Roper Gulf Regional Council following an election held on the 19 March 2015.
Rain fall totals in the Waterhouse River catchment has averaged 50mm over the last 24 hours which is sustaining the flow at a level above the major flood level (8.3 metres at the Bridge). This will slow the rate of fall as it recedes.
The localised flooding at Beswick/Wugularr is increasing as the Waterhouse River continues to climb. There have been ongoing heavy rain showers in the immediate area and it is expected that the town will be cut off for between 48 and 72 hours with the Central Arnhem Highway is closed to all traffic...
Following heavy overnight rain in the headwaters of the Waterhouse River, the town of Beswick/Wugalarr is currently closed due to localised flooding of the Waterhouse River.
On the 15th January young people from the towns of Beswick, Barunga and Manyallaluk went on holiday for three days to one of the better known tourist destination in the Northern Territory, Mt Bundy Tourist Station.
“.. a lot incidents… a lot of alcohol and domestic violence resulting in a bad injury to an older women in a wheel chair… and we had to face it alone as the local police were called out to a serious motor vehicle accident involving a lot of children." Mataranka Night Patrol Team Leader Di Collins...
To help people get through the license process Roper Gulf Regional Council with Drive Safe NT have been running a driver training program. Since 2013 more than 62 learner’s licenses and 22 provisional licenses have resulted from this training mostly in the towns of Ngukurr and Numbulwar.
A quiet night in December 2014 erupted into a major incident for the Borroloola Night Patrol team when they were called a township home to assist a man who had been assaulted and had lost a large amount of blood.
The NT Government has announced a $15,000 grant to provide support for the continuation of the Bush food and Medicinal Plants Streetscaping project at Ngukurr.
