Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation (JCAC)

Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation is an Aboriginal community service organisation governed by Julalikari Council, an elected body representing the whole Aboriginal community of Tennant Creek. Julalikari's constitution directs the operations of the organisation at a general strategy to alleviate poverty and improve the well-being of the Aboriginal community of Tennant Creek and the surrounding Barkly.

The community initiative Night Patrol, set up by Julalikari, was the first of its kind and is in its fifteenth year. The "Grog War" campaign to restrict liquor trading on Thursdays, fought by Julalikari at the community's instigation, succeeded in changing liquor licensing laws for the whole community of Tennant Creek.

Julalikari is the largest employer in the Barkly region, offering CDEP to 190 people in town, and 90 in outlying homelands and communities, and it employs about 60 permanent staff.

JCAC is seen without question as one of the success stories of Aboriginal organizations in Australia.