Tash Adams, Tennant & District Times

Pam Dillon. Teachers became students for a day when the Barkly Region Sport Education Coordinator, Pam Dillon visited to present professional development in the form of First Aid, CPR Update and Physical Literacy training. Staff members worked hard after school being assessed for First Aid and CPR after completing an online component.

There was a treat for food lovers last Friday night with Nyinkka Nyunyu holding a Dinner Under the Stars for around 40 people ... so much interest that a second sitting on Saturday night was added ... Diners on both nights were also able to participate in an Aboriginal art auction and a short film.

The Member for Barkly has called the change of Labor Government leadership a dictatorship after he and the Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro were denied permission to visit the Tennant Creek Police Station this week. The Opposition’s visit coincided with the Territory’s new Chief Minister Natasha Fyles and Police Minister Kate Worden’s tour of the Station.

New Chief Minister Natasha Fyles flew into Tennant Creek this week to touch base with local police and health workers and find out the key issues facing the town. Only the second female to secure the top job, the Chief Minister spoke to the Tennant Times about her new role.

Kate Foran. It was a terrific team effort. Together they visited Ali Curung, Ampilatwatja, Alpurrurulam, Elliott, Epenarra, Murray Downs and Mungkarta. More than a hundred dogs were desexed ... Two emu chicks were treated for injuries and bandaged ...

Thanks to the John Moriarty Football (JMF) and Australian Blind Football (ABF) partnership blind and vision impaired (BVI) Aboriginal children will be able to participate in JMF’s transformational program through the use of audible balls ... JMF Co-Founder and Co-Chair and the first Indigenous footballer to be selected to play for Australia, Yanyuwa man John Moriarty said the partnership is game changing.

“With the new Board of Directors, and myself as Chair of BRADAGG commencing in March this year, we are keen to start moving ahead with a clean slate on this sorely needed alcohol and other drug (AOD) therapeutic treatment facility. The NT Government first committed funding towards a new facility in 2018" : Barkly Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Advisory Group Chair, Elliot McAdam.