An innovative project is creating more than one-of-a-kind furniture for the participants of a Roper Gulf Regional Council Community Development Program in the Indigenous community of Barunga.
A $1500 Community Grant has helped develop a unique teaching resource that will create cultural awareness and help younger generations preserve the Alawa language.
An inability to reach a quorum has forced Roper Gulf Regional Council to postpone the Ordinary Meeting of Council it was set to hold in the remote community of Bulman on August 31.
The remote community of Numbulwar is the last place you would expect to be home to an eye-catching yellow and red inflatable boxing ring, but Roper Gulf Regional Council has made it more than a fantasy for local youth with help from the Northern Territory Government.
Sports-mad Mataranka residents are gearing up to have more options in their backyard after Roper Gulf Regional Council unveiled stage one of an upgrade to the town’s sport and recreation grounds this week.
It will be business as usual for Roper Gulf Regional Council after Mayor Tony Jack resigned on August 8 in order to run as a candidate in the 2016 Northern Territory election.
“It's only a matter of time before the uncontrolled populations of Buffalo, Cattle, Horses and Donkeys cause injury or death in our remote towns in Roper Gulf,” Mayor Tony Jack said today, following the rejection of Council’s application for funds through the Aboriginal Benefits Trust for stock...
The continued operation of the swimming pools in the growth towns of Ngukurr and Borroloola are in doubt following a review by the Roper Gulf Regional Council.
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.
