Milingimbi Clean Up Day
July 19, 2024
East Arnhem Regional Council was joined by the Crocodile Island Rangers, CDP and residents to help clean up the litter that had blown across the mud flats at Milingimbi.
Big thanks everyone who joined us and to Keep Australia Beautiful NT for the donation of the litter tongs to assist with Community events like this.
"It’s wonderful to see the community coming together to Keep Country Beautiful! A big thank you to the East Arnhem Regional Council, the Crocodile Island Rangers, CDP, and all the residents who participated in the Milingimbi Clean Up Day"
- Keep Australian Beautiful Council NT, via Facebook
Milingimbi Clean Up Day, Milingimbi, 10 July 2024
East Arnhem Regional Councillor Cyril Bukulatjpi - Gumurr Marthakal and CEO Dale Keehne spoke with Katie Woolf on Mix FM, about role of our Aboriginal Regional Local Government with the new Remote Australia Employment Service
East Arnhem Regional Council CEO, Dale Keehne spoke with Adam Steer from ABC Radio Darwin, raising concerns of Aboriginal Regional Councils with the new Remote Australia Employment Service
Deputy President Stephen Dhamarrandj and CEO Dale Keehne recently visited Milingimbi and meet with our Municipal Team.
President Lapulung Dhamarrandji, Deputy President Stephen Dhamarrandj, Councillor Ganygulpa Dhurrkay, CEO Dale Keehne, Director - Council Services Signe Balodis, and Council Staff attended the Traditional Credit Union (TCU) ’s 30-year celebration in Milingimbi on Friday, 3 October 2025.
Councillor Murphy Yunupingu, CEO Dale Keehne, and Director – Council Services Signe Balodis attended the National Police Remembrance Day held in Nhulunbuy to honour officers who have passed and acknowledge the tireless work of the Police to support safe communities and homelands.
As the Aboriginal Controlled Local Government Council for the East Arnhem region, our Council prides itself on providing and delivering excellent djäma (work) and career opportunities in the six remote Yolŋu communities and Nhulunbuy with strong connections to homelands.
Elected Members from across the East Arnhem region came together at the Garma Cultural Knowledge Centre, ahead of the formal Council Meeting held on Thursday, 18 September 2025.
In September, the East Arnhem Regional Council Aged Care Services & Disability Services team at Yirrkala brought our participants to Miḏawarr Day Out 2025 at the Gove Peninsula Surf Life-Saving Club, Nhulunbuy.
Today the results of the 2025 Local Government Elections have been officially declared by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission .
