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.
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.
