Services

Aged and Disability Services

Known locally as MacCare, Aged and Disability Services (previously Home Care) provide care and support to clients in eight MacDonnell Regional Council communities, as well as deliver the School Nutrition Program in five of those locations. MacCare provides culturally-appropriate services...

Children's Services

Known locally as MacKids, Children's Services deliver Early Learning programs for children from birth to school age across ten of our communities. Providing early childhood services within the MacDonnell region offers children and families in remote Aboriginal communities a safe and...

Commercial Contracts

The maintenance and delivery of vital services that do not traditionally fit within usual local government operations are adopted by MacDonnell Regional Council for the betterment of its communities. In conjunction with municipal service delivery this underpins competent and reliable service...

Community Safety

Now called MacSafe, MacDonnell Regional Council’s Community Safety program has transitioned from a Night Patrol program to a Community Safety Program. This transition represents the extent of delivery while better aligning with the direction of Council, community needs and funding bodies. As a...

Council Infrastructure

Repairs and maintenance are carried out on approximately 118 core service buildings throughout the 13 communities of the MacDonnell Regional Council. Typically these buildings include Service Centres, Civil Works sheds and staff housing. The Property and Tenancy team respond to urgent work as...

Local Roads

A road network of approximately 1700km is repaired and maintained by the MacDonnell Regional Council within its jurisdiction. The network comprises community access roads to highways, internal community roads and outstation access roads. Repairs and maintenance to the road network is funded...

Municipal Services

In the transition from community councils, MacDonnell Regional Council inherited assets, facilities and service delivery practices that were of widely variable standards and frequently below legislated or acceptable standards. Responding to this situation, MacDonnell Regional Council established...

Outstation Services

Four full time and ten part time indigenous employees are currently engaged in the outstation program as Outstation Works team members. They carry out regular inspections of outstation homelands, conduct monthly audits and prioritise work checks. Based on the information gathered by the Outstation...

Recreational Facilities

MacDonnell Regional Council is responsible for parks, public spaces and sports grounds in all its communities. Civil Works teams commit approximately two days a week to duties that include performing safety audits on playground equipment, upgrades and maintenance of facilities such as fences,...

Youth Services

OUR VALUES AND PRINCIPLES 1. Youth‐led Our program design is led by young people; young people are our most valued stakeholder. 2. Strengths‐based Our work with young people, and approach to staff development, recognises and builds off the strength of...