What’s the Deal?
Your questions about the Barkly Regional Deal answered.

Which projects will benefit communities outside Tennant Creek?

A number of initiatives are designed to benefit communities outside of Tennant Creek including the Student Boarding Facility which will see a 40-bed boarding school built next to the Tennant Creek High School.

The boarding school will be a quality, safe education option for high school students from communities and homelands in the Barkly.

A working group has started defining a work plan around community consultation.

Interested members of the public can join the working group by contacting info@barklybackbone.com.au.

The Tennant Creek Visitor Park will alleviate local over-crowding of local homes when community visitors come to town.

A youth centre is planned to be built at Ali Curung and the Alpurrurulam Airstrip has been delivered.

Trauma-Informed Care sessions have been delivered in several communities and really positive feedback has been given about the quality of these.

There is still funding available in the Community Projects Fund and this money is only available to communities and homelands outside of Tennant Creek.

If you have a community-focussed project in mind that will benefit a community or homeland outside of Tennant Creek, drop into the office or email us.

What does the Aboriginal Alliance do?

The Barkly Aboriginal Alliance is a representative Group of the communities and homelands in the Barkly Region.

The Alliance has positions on the Governance Table and contributes to decision-making about the implementation of the Deal initiatives.

The Alliance will over time, develop enduring governance arrangements across the Barkly and has already participated in consultations with government about the needs of people in the Barkly.

The Alliance is funded to travel and meet regularly in Tennant Creek, has access to development opportunities and is developing a Strategic Plan.

The Aboriginal Alliance is looking for a Coordinator for the group. This is an Aboriginal-identified position that has generous pay and housing.

If you want to know more about the Alliance, email us at info@barklybackbone.com.au or drop into the office for a chat. 

This article appeared in Tennant & District Times, 14 April 2023.