Milingimbi delivering dhapirrk djäma
October 8, 2025
Deputy President Stephen Dhamarrandj and CEO Dale Keehne recently visited Milingimbi and meet with our Municipal Team.
In the past three-months, East Arnhem Regional Council's Municipal Team have continued their ongoing work to improve and maintain Community spaces including:
- Removal of litter from public areas to promote environmental sustainability and community wellbeing
- Installation of a new speed bump near Milingimbi School to improve safety
- Collaborated with external stakeholders to grade uneven public spaces (including the Milingimbi barge landing)
- Delivered targeted road repairs
A big thanks to our team for their dhapirrk djäma!
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
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 .
The East Arnhem Regional Council Disability Services team is dedicated to providing culturally safe, high-quality support for all our participants.
