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10 February 2022

Youth 'Stay at Home' Packs

Some of the contents of the Youth Stay at Home packs.

With more Central Desert residents affected by COVID-19 stay at home isolation requirements, the Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Youth, Sport and Recreation (YSR) team have created 100 youth packs for children in our region who are currently in isolation due to close contact or illness themselves. Each individual pack contains colouring in books, pencils/markers and small games to keep children occupied while at home.
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14 March 2022

Norman Hagan Selected for Aboriginal Leadership Program

Norman Hagan, participant in the 2022/23 Kigaruk and Lookrukin Aboriginal Leadership Development Program.

Norman Hagan has been selected to participate in the 2022/23 Kigaruk and Lookrukin Aboriginal Leadership Development Program. He is the Administration Officer, Council Delivery Services in Yuelamu with Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC).

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14 March 2022

International Women’s Day 2022

Edna Snape, Team Leader Wilora Aged Care.

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.

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07 March 2022

Job Seekers Cut Long Grass in Wilora

The long grass.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.

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02 February 2022

Aged Care Team Building Adds Fun

Aged Care TeamIn December Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Aged Care held their bi-monthly meeting, attended by staff from the Alice Springs office and Aged Care Coordinators from Nyirripi, Lajamanu, Willowra, Engawala, Atitjere and Wilora.

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28 January 2022

Wilora Aged Care Full Steam Ahead

Edna Snape, Cherise Moore and Selina Gorey in front of the Wilora Aged Care Centre

The Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Wilora Aged Care Centre is now operating as a fully functioning Aged Care Centre offering all services to Wilora clients.

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25 January 2022

Civil Construction Training in Ti Tree

CDP Job Seeker Sebastian Walker building a table while Asten Ross looks on.

In December 2021, the Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Community Development Program (CDP) collaborated with Civil Train NT and Centre for Appropriate Technology (CfAT) to deliver Introduction to Civil Construction training in Ti Tree. This was delivered as a joint initiative between Civil Train and CfAT under the NT Government’s Job Trainer program.

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20 January 2022

Anmatjere Wins Best Small Community in Tidy Towns

Anmatjere has won the Best Small Community award in the 2021 Territory Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns awards, run by Keep Australia Beautiful NT.

Engawala and Laramba also got in on the action with Litter Management commendations awarded to both communities, making it two in a row for Engawala.

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04 November 2021

Commercial Services Team Training

img 0084 001At the end of October 2021, the Commercial Services team from Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) converged in Alice Springs for in-house training.

In one of the sessions of the training the team reviewed the upcoming changes to employment services in regional and remote Australia; particularly, Government’s decision to change the Community Development Program (CDP) to a new remote jobs program in 2023. There was also a representative from the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) Central Australia office Engagement Team who attended a session to talk about the provider performance review process.

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03 November 2021

CDRC 2020-21 Annual Report Out Now

front page from cdrc ar 2020 21 0The Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) 2020-21 annual report has been sent to the Minister for Local Government, Chansey Paech MLA, and is now up on the CDRC website. The annual report shows the progress CDRC has made against the Strategic Plan throughout the financial year and the CDRC annual financial statements. It also includes achievements and stories of the CDRC communities.

You can read the annual report here: 2020-2021 Annual Report

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