GT Endorses a community well-being and safety partnership Initiative The GT endorsed a proposal to form a Community Wellbeing and Safety Partnership Group, at the Nov 9, 2023 GT meeting.

Architects welcomed to country on the student boarding facility site With a powerful Welcome to Country from Warumungu woman Shalee James, members of the community, Working Group

Final Governance Table Meeting for 2023 The Alliance met for the final Governance Table meeting of the year with the 3 levels of government, local community leaders and local business.

New Aboriginal Alliance Members Welcomed The membership drive to gain new members into the Alliance and have wider representation of the 11 Language groups has been gaining momentum

The Ministers Visit Senator The Hon Anthony Chisholm, Australian Government Assistant Minister for Regional Development

New Aboriginal Alliance Coordinator Appointed In June, the Aboriginal Alliance welcomed Cyril Franey as the new Aboriginal Alliance Coordinator.

A welcome to new Communique Backbone staff We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Executive Officer of the Backbone Team, Deborah Hartman.

The 2030 Barkly Economic Growth Strategy has been developed by working groups of Barkly business leaders, Aboriginal business enterprises, industry groups and community stakeholders.  The Vision developed by the group is uniquely inclusive – Together we are thriving and strong, so everyone in the Barkly region can make the most of opportunities from investment and growth.

We Al-li are providing culturally informed-trauma integrated workshops in Tennant Creek and is planning to visit communities across the Barkly. The programs, which are free and open to all community members, are for health, sharing culture and regenerating the spirit.

The Barkly Aboriginal Alliance will be supported with $1 million over four years, as recently announced by the Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP.

The re-birth of a beloved existing space is taking place on Friday 22 October, 2021, fulfilled by the $230,000 upgrade of the Wutunugurra (Epenarra) Art Centre. This project was initiated by the Wutunugurra Local Authority and funded by the Barkly Regional Deal’s Local Community Grants program.

Canteen Creek’s streets will be lit up at night, thanks to a new street lighting project funded by the Barkly Regional Deal Local Community Projects Fund.

A new community grants program is being rolled out across the Barkly. The Barkly Regional Deal’s Local Community Projects Fund is a program offering small, medium and large grants for community-led projects in the Barkly’s remote communities and homelands. The grant program is about supporting projects in the regions remote areas and increasing local participation in community development.

The tender is out for the new Tennant Creek Youth Justice Facility.This is a milestone for Barkly residents who over the last 18 months have selected the facility’s location and co-designed the building.

A win for strong Barkly voices: Acting Prime Minister announces new logistics facilitystudy. The Australian and Northern Territory governments are actioning a development priority raisedby the Barkly Regional Deal’s Economic Growth and Support (EGS) Working Group. On 14 January, Acting Prime Minister the Hon Michael McCormack MP announced jointAustralian and Northern Territory Government funding for a $325,000 study for the…