The Official Opening Ceremony of the Rocky Creek Bridge will be held in Borroloola on Wednesday 19 May 2021, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Residents of Borroloola and the surrounding region have enjoyed the benefits of the $6.7m bridge during the past La Niña wet season, following its completion in...
Applications for Round 3 of Council’s 2020/21 Community Grants Program will be closing on 11 April 2021 at 11:59pm. Roper Gulf Regional Council runs a Community Grants Program to support different projects within the region.
Roper Gulf Regional Council has provided an additional $196,000 in funding to award the contract for the construction of a shade structure over the Borroloola Basketball Courts, which will occur within the next month.
In recognising the needs of our people, an extensive analysis on the financial impact of not increasing these charges was undertaken and it was decided that the overall effect would be negligible to Council’s services.
AFLNT are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Roper Gulf Regional Council to establish a Southern Football Hub within the Big Rivers Football League. This Hub will allow teams within the Big Rivers Football League to play at Mataranka Oval, saving up to hundreds of kilometres in travel to...
Roper Gulf Regional Council will be calling on the Northern Territory Government to show some leadership for the urgently needed upgrades to the Borroloola Town Camp Roads.
Construction of the Mataranka Cemetery car park is currently in progress and is scheduled for completion by the end of March 2021. At the request of the Mataranka Local Authority, Roper Gulf Regional Council funded this project to support the growing infrastructure needs in the town.
Round three of Roper Gulf Regional Council’s 2020-21 Community Grants Program is now open. The Community Grants Program supports individuals and organisations that strengthen the social, cultural, economic, or ecological vitality of the region.
Roper Gulf Regional Council would like to thank everyone who was involved in the emergency evacuation of the Jilkminggan community on Thursday 25 February 2021.
Roper Gulf Regional Council would like to advise that the following roads are now closed as a result of flooding and wet road conditions - Roper Highway, Numbulwar Road, Nathan River Road, John Hauser Drive, Martin Road and Central Arnhem Road.
Roper Gulf Regional Council would like to congratulate the Ngukurr community, for winning the 2020 Tidy Towns Sustainable Community Award for Water Conservation.
Roper Gulf Regional Council has announced the winners of the Citizen of the Year Awards for 2021 from participating communities. Each Roper Gulf community could nominate for three categories, Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year.
Roper Gulf Regional Council is pleased to announce that the new and improved Rocky Creek Bridge in Borroloola will be open to traffic tomorrow, Wednesday 23 December 2020 at 9:00am.
Without doubt, 2020 has been incredibly challenging with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting our Council and communities to the core and changes to our operations throughout the year. However, through great adversity, we have emerged stronger; we are united, more efficient, we value working as a team...
Roper Gulf Regional Council is urging dog owners to protect their dogs from a new tick disease called Ehrlichia canis that is quickly spreading throughout communities and sadly killing a large number of dogs in the region.
Roper Gulf Regional Council would like to congratulate Mayor Judy MacFarlane who has been re-elected as a Member of the Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) Executive.
The construction of a shade structure over the Borroloola Basketball Courts has been released for tender, with works expected to commence early next year. This project is one component of the $6.9 million Borroloola Sports Courts and Cyclone Shelter project.
