News from Around the Region

Last Wednesday was International Women’s Day, which is celebrated every March 8. This day is about striving for a gender equal world, as well as celebrating women in all their diversity.

Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Community Development Program (CDP) job seekers cut grass around the CDP activity centre in February. The grass had grown very tall due to all the rain received.

On Monday 21 February Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Barnaby Joyce announced a $678m investment to seal the Outback Way, which includes the Plenty Highway to the Queensland border.

Francis Lovegrove was thrilled when he got the role as an Aboriginal Liaison Officer with the NT Police in Yuendumu, after a long process with lots of paperwork and persistence by both Francis and the Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Community Development Program (CDP).

After a recent lightning strike on the Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Aged Care Centre in Atitjere, staff are happy to be back working this week.

An upgrade of the Nyirripi road of the last 4km (144km to 147.8Km) has commenced. Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) has used Federal funding of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program to contract D & C Dehne Constructions to complete the works.

The Atitjere Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) workshop and depot has had a major lighting upgrade with the installation of new LED High Bay Workshop lights installed and all the old fluorescent lighting replaced with LED strip lights.

The hot conditions have proved challenging for the Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Engawala Aged Care cool room. The heat had meant the cool room refrigeration unit was working very hard to keep the temperature at the required level.