Healthy Homes Community Clean Up Week

1 September 2025

East Arnhem Regional Council (EARC) is proud to participate in the ‘Healthy Homes Community Clean Up Week’ alongside many other organisations committed to improving the health and housing outcomes of residents living in Yirrkala.

The ‘Healthy Homes Community Clean Up Week’ is an initiative of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development’s ‘Healthy Homes program’. The clean up week will run from Monday, 22 September to Friday, 26 September 2025 with a Barbeque lunch provided on Wednesday. Throughout the week, activities including tidiest yard competition, hard waste removal, cash for containers, healthy wäŋa (home) activities, animal care, and pest and weed control will be happening.

EARC’s Animal Management Team will be providing all veterinary services on Thursday and Friday, including desexing operations, animal education, preventatives, and a dog wash station. Our Waste & Environment team will be completing the curbside collection through the week and running our regular cash for containers program in collaboration with EnviroBank. In addition, EARC is assisting with the Tidiest Yard Competition alongside Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, the Healthy Homes Expo and the Barbeque lunch.

We look forward to working alongside the following organisations to deliver positive and productive outcomes for Yirrkala; NT Health, Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, DHLGCD, Aboriginal Investment Group, Rirratjingu Aboriginal Corporation, EnviroBank, Anglicare, Dhurrimu Aboriginal Corporation, Datjala, ALPA, Rio Tinto, Circular Economy and ARDS.

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