Barkly
Situated in the eastern central region of the Northern Territory, the Barkly region is the largest Local Government Area in the Northern Territory.
Known as the golden heart of Australia, the township of Tennant Creek is the primary service and supplier hub for the Barkly, with an approx population of 3,500 persons. The region features many iconic, panoramic landscapes that can be accessed from Tennant Creek.
The Region is rich in rugged beauty of the Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve and Iytwelepenty / Davenport Ranges National Park, extending to the savannah wetlands and a bird watchers paradise of Lake Woods Conservation Covenant.
The Barkly region encompasses 2 regional towns Tennant Creek and Elliott and 5 major remote communities of Alpurrurulam, Canteen Creek, Wutunugurra, Ampilatwatja, and Ali Curung; 7 minor communities and 75 registered homelands, is an area of over 320,000km2. The 2021 Census estimated the Barkly Region population to be 6,316, 71% of whom identified as Aboriginal.
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Barkly Regional Deal
- On 13 April 2019, the Commonwealth and NT governments, and the Barkly Regional Council signed the Barkly Regional Deal.
- The purpose of the Deal is to coordinate the development of policies to improve planning, investment and reforms.
- Key components of the Deal include:
- $78.4 million package of initiatives co-funded by the Commonwealth and NT governments, and the Barkly Regional Council – the majority of this new investment will be expended over the first three years;
- 28 economic, social and cultural initiatives to be implemented across the Barkly region;
- 10 year timeframe – to 2029;
- community governance framework to drive the implementation of the Deal, including the Barkly Governance Table; and
- long-term reform to government funded and delivered services, in collaboration with the community.
- The Barkly Interim Governance Table puts local people (and specifically Aboriginal people) at the centre of decision-making with regards to the design, planning and delivery of identified and negotiated project initiatives. Aboriginal communities in the Barkly region will each be able to identify their needs, aspirations and priorities through the LDM framework.