Address
PO Box 319
Tennant Creek, NT 8061 |
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Phone
(08) 8962 1999
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Fax
(08) 8962 1993 |
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The Yapakurlangu Regional Council has the following
functions:
- to formulate and revise from time to time, a regional
plan for improving the economic, social and cultural
status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents
of the region.
- to assist, advise and cooperate with the Commission,
other Commonwealth bodies and State, Territory and local
government bodies in the implementation of the regional
plan.
- to make proposals, in accordance with section 97,
for Commission expenditure in relation to the region.
- to receive, and to pass on to the Commission, the
views of the Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders
about the activities, in the region, of the Commission,
other Commonwealth bodies and the State, Territory and
local government bodies.
- to represent the Aboriginal and Torres Strait residents
of the region and act as an advocate of their interests.
- such other functions as are conferred on the Regional
Council by this Act.
- to do anything else that is incidental or conducive
to the performance of any of the preceding functions.
To learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission (ATSIC) and the regional councils, see the
ATSIC
web site.
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