8-632: 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 322,713 square kilometres (124,600 sq mi) and had a population of almost 7,400 as at June 2018. In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced
16-516: A property. The bounded areas are called "localities", with those localities associated with Aboriginal communities being called "communities". 19°48′13″S 135°30′34″E / 19.80367°S 135.5095°E / -19.80367; 135.5095 Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal Australian territory in north-central Australia . It
24-442: Is the third largest Australian federal division with an area of 1,348,094.3 square kilometres (520,502 sq mi) but the least populous with 245,929 inhabitants as at June 2019. The Northern Territory is divided administratively into 17 Local government areas (LGAs) generally known as Councils who are responsible for providing local government services. As of 1 July 2008, there were two classifications of local government in
32-520: The Northern Territory: The Northern Territory was unusual as a comparatively large share of the territory's population lived in unincorporated areas. In 2006, prior to the reorganisation of local government areas in the territory, 92 percent of the land area (1,237,999 km (477,994 sq mi) out of 1,349,130 km (520,900 sq mi)) with 16 percent of the population (30,523 out of 192,898),
40-557: The Region is Steve Edgington . In 2019, a proposal was made to build a 15,000 ha (37,000-acre) solar farm in the region, which would become the world's largest solar energy project. In 2021, the region had the lowest rate of vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic . In June 2024, all members of the council were dismissed after an investigation into its management. A report by the Northern Territory government found
48-536: The organisation had unmanaged conflicts of interest , breached the Local Government Act and had "serious deficiencies" in the conduct of council affairs. The Barkly Regional Council is divided into 4 wards, which is governed by a President and 12 councillors across four wards: Land within the Barkly Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address for
56-583: 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. 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
64-470: Was unincorporated. This anomaly is due to the territory's very low population density, just 0.16 people per km (0.099 people per sq mi). Most of the unincorporated areas disappeared as a result of local government reform in 2008. The area remaining unincorporated is 19,790 km (7,640 sq mi), 1.47 percent of the total, and contains 3.0 percent of the population in June 2019. By comparison, in
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