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Alice Springs Town Council    
Barkly Regional Council  
  • Name change only: Yapurkalangu Ward changed to Kuwarrangu Ward
  • Creation of Alpurrurulam Ward
    (1 member) in the eastern part of existing Alyawarr Ward (4 members)
  • An increase from 3 to 4 wards
Belyuen Community Government Council  
  • Number of members reduced from 8 to 5  (Dept. recommendation)
  • (Under administration from 2007 to 2017)
Central Desert Regional Council    
Coomalie Community Government Council    
  • Change from 6 wards to 3 wards with 2 members each (Gazetted June 2013)
  • (Prior to this was a reduction in members for Batchelor Township Ward from 3 to 1, and Adelaide River Township Ward from 2 to 1. Gazetted February 2013)
 
Darwin, City of
  • Boundary changes to each of the 4 wards (some suburbs moved to new ward)
  • No changes – but noted a possible future request for a boundary extension to include Berrimah Farm development
  • Boundary changes to 3 of the 4 wards (Chan, Lyons and Waters Wards)
  • Gazetted November 2011
East Arnhem Regional Council   
  • Creation of 2 new wards: Birr Rawarrang Ward and Gumurr Miyarrka Ward with 2 members each (4 to 6 wards)
  • Birr Rawarrang Ward created from existing Gumurr Gatjirrk Ward
  • Gumurr Miyarrka Ward created from existing Gumurra Miwatj Ward
  • Changes to number of members for Anindilyakwa and Gumurr Gattjirk Wards from 3 to 2 (each)
  • Total number of members increased from 12 to 14
Katherine Town Council    
Litchfield Council
  • East Ward abolished
  • Boundary changes to remaining Central, North and South Wards
  • Each ward has 2 members
  
MacDonnell Regional Council    
Palmerston, City of  
  • Number of members increased from 6 to 7 (council request for  increase to 8 not approved)
  • Requested boundary extension to include land in Pinelands, Elrundie, Berrimah Farm, Holtze and Howard Springs (not approved)
 
Roper Gulf Regional Council   
  • Changes to boundaries of Never Never (expanded) and Nyirranggulung (reduced) Wards
Tiwi Islands Regional Council  
  • 2 smaller wards (Wurankuwu and Nguiu Wards) merged to form one larger ward (Bathurst Island Ward)
    (Dept. recommendation)
 
Victoria Daly Regional Council  
  • No changes – but noted a possible future request for a boundary extension to include Douglas Daly area and Lajamanu
  • See West Daly Regional Council for changes made in 2014.
Number of members for Timber Creek Ward reduced from 2 to 1
Wagait Shire Council  
  • Number of members reduced from 7 to 5.
 
West Arnhem Regional Council
  • Barrah Ward abolished
  • Former Barrah ward area divided into 2 wards: Minjilang Ward (1 member) and Warruwi Ward (1 member)
  • Number of members for Maningrida Ward increased from 3 to 4
  • Number of members for Barrah Ward was reduced from 3 to 2
    (both Dept. recommendations)
 
West Daly Regional Council  
  • 3 wards from Victoria Daly Regional Council were transferred to create a new local government area West Daly: Nganmarriyanga (1 member), Thamarrurr/ Pindi Pindi (4 members) and Tyemirri ( 1 member) Wards
  • Gazetted June 2014, came into effect 1 July 2014