Barkly Region

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Barkly Region

| state = nt

| image = Barkly Shire.jpg

| image_upright = 0.9

| pop = 7392

| pop_year = 2018

| pop_footnotes ={{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.

| area = 322713

| area_footnotes =

| seat = Tennant Creek

| region = Barkly Tableland

| stategov = Barkly

| fedgov = Lingiari

| logo = Barkly Regional Council Logo.png

| url = http://www.barkly.nt.gov.au/

| near-n = Roper Gulf

| near-ne = Burke

| near-e = Mount Isa

| near-se = Boulia

| near-s = Central Desert

| near-sw = Central Desert

| near-w = Victoria Daly

| near-nw = Victoria Daly

| est = 2008

| logo_upright = 1.2

}}

The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia, administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The region's main town is Tennant Creek. The region covers an area of {{convert|322713|km2|sqmi}} and had a population of almost 7,400 as at June 2018.

History

In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires. The Barkly Shire was created on 1 July 2008, as were the remaining ten shires. On 1 January 2014, it was renamed Barkly Region.{{cite web |last1=Tollner |first1=David William |title=Local Government Act changes to local government areas and councils |url=https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/198854/G51_2013.pdf |website=Northern Territory Government Gazette |publisher=Northern Territory Government |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=3 |date=18 December 2013 |quote=with effect from 1 January 2014:}}

The Barkly Region is administered by the Barkly Regional Council.

The most recent elections of Councillors were held on 26 August 2017. The current President (Mayor) of the Region is Steve Edgington.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

In 2019, a proposal was made to build a {{cvt|15,000|ha|adj=on}} solar farm in the region, which would become the world's largest solar energy project.{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Carmen | title=Oil and gas giant Eni starts work on Northern Territory's largest solar farm in race to 50pc renewables by 2030 | publisher=ABC News|location=Australia | date=17 July 2019 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-07-18/oil-and-gas-giant-eni-start-building-biggest-solar-farm-in-nt/11317072 | access-date=12 July 2021}}

In 2021, the region had the lowest rate of vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-26/new-data-remote-nt-vaccination-levels-fall-short-november-target/100492668 |title=New data shows remote NT vaccination levels will fall short of November target at current rate |last=Hynes |first=Nicholas |date=26 September 2021 |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |access-date=28 October 2021 }}

In June 2024, all members of the council were dismissed after an investigation into its management.{{cite news |last1=Houlbrook-Walk |first1=Myles |last2=Robinson |first2=Lee |date=20 June 2024 |title=Barkly Regional Council elected members officially dismissed in wake of damning report |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-20/nt-barkly-regional-council-investigation-report-damning-findings/103906966 |work=ABC News |access-date=20 June 2024}} A report by the Northern Territory government found the organisation had unmanaged conflicts of interest, breached the Local Government Act and had "serious deficiencies" in the conduct of council affairs.

Wards

The Barkly Regional Council is divided into 4 wards, which is governed by a President and 12 councillors across four wards:

Alyawarr Ward (South) (4)
Patta Ward (West) (5)
Kuwarrangu (until 2016 Yapakurlangu) (Northeast) (2)
Alpururrulam Ward (Southeast) (1)

Localities and communities

Land within the Barkly Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address for a property. The bounded areas are called "localities", with those localities associated with Aboriginal communities being called "communities".{{cite web |title=Northern Territory localities and suburbs |url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/localities |website=Place Names Committee |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=25 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Barkly |url= https://placenames.nt.gov.au/localities/barkley |website=Place Names Committee |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=25 April 2019}}

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Sister cities

{{Flagicon|USA}} Uintah County, Utah, United States

References

External links

{{cite web|url=https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/206027/barkly-online.pdf|title=Barkly Local Government Area Wards|date=17 September 2019|format=map}}

Barkly Shire