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About Council

Strategic Plan

Council's Strategic Plan provides a refreshed vision for the West Arnhem Region and an all-important roadmap to steer the Council in the direction of stability, sustainability and prosperity for the region. The Strategic Plan sets out Council’s six pillars:

Pillar 1 Partnerships, Relationships and Belonging
Pillar 2 Increased Local Indigenous Employment
Pillar 3 Safety and Wellbeing
Pillar 4 Service Delivery and Built Environment
Pillar 5 Sustainability and Climate Action
Pillar 6 Foundations of Governance

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Vision

'Strong Communities. We achieve our goals together by walking in both worlds.'

Purpose 

We work in partnership with community towards providing meaningful employment and economic opportunities, delivering outstanding customer services and infrastructure.

Core Values

The values or behaviours that Council will embrace to support our Purpose and guide us in achieving the Vision are:

Respectful

We respect our communities and staff of all cultures. We respect elders past, present and emerging for they hold the memories, the traditions the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia. We acknowledge that Aboriginal culture is a living culture and that Aboriginal people continue to live in spiritual and sacred relationship with country.

Inclusive

We are open, transparent and engaged with our communities and partners. We value diverse perspectives and voices and encourage their incorporation into our work practises

Innovative

We encourage and promote a culture of safety where innovation is celebrated and new ways of working are implemented to improve our services

Integrity

We are open, transparent and accountable