The Board met for the forty-sixth time in Jabiru on the 10th of July 2025. A majority of Board members participated either in person or via Teams attended. The Board was assisted by CEO Dr Emma Young, translator Nonika Hardy, COO Owain Dunn, interpreter Dr Murray Garde, minute taker Jasmine Mortimore, and Senior Governance and Leasing Officer Jessica Wright.
The Board
- approved a licence extension to Crocodile Hotel Pty Ltd for a further 12 months if a sub-lease was not ready to be executed with an approved sublessee prior to the current licence expiry of 30 September 2025 and authorised the CEO to negotiate a sublease with the approved new sublessor, once known;
- agreed to allow ERA to construct a new BBQ area and gym in its workers’ accommodation site;
- noted the NTG’s withdrawal of funding to build the Bininj Resource Centre and authorised the CEO to continue her efforts to secure alternative funding;
- authorised the CEO to remove the existing plaque and tourist information in the Town Plaza and work with other local Mirarr organisations on new wording;
- in a related decision, agreed to a Council proposal to make various improvements to the Town Plaza; and
- authorised the CEO to undertake once-off, limited essential repairs at Manabadurma, funded by the Commonwealth, on the condition that a responsible person was identified for each dwelling and that the house will be demolished once the responsible occupant no longer resides there.