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Council’s COVID-19 response as at 23 March 2020 Alice Springs Town Coun­cil wish­es to advise the com­mu­ni­ty that, in line with pub­lic health advice, the Alice Spring Pub­lic Library will cease oper­a­tions from Tues­day 24 March 2020 until fur­ther notice. The Alice Springs Aquat­ic & Leisure Cen­tre has also ceased oper­a­tion as at 12noon, Mon­day 23 March 2020. 

“The safe­ty of our com­mu­ni­ty is Council’s num­ber one pri­or­i­ty. As such, Coun­cil has imple­ment­ed a range of mea­sures based on the advice of the Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment, the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Depart­ment of Health, and the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Chief Min­is­ter in regard to a com­mu­ni­ty response to COVID-19” said CEO Robert Jennings. 

At this stage, non-essen­tial Coun­cil events for March, April and May 2020 have been CAN­CELLED. This includes: Twi­light in the Mall, Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Fit­ness month, Danc­ing with Demen­tia, YAG Recy­cled Art launch (exhi­bi­tion logis­tics TBA), Library Book Sale, Anzac Day Dawn Ser­vice, 12hour Swim, April Night Mar­kets, Big Day Out in Har­mo­ny, Pets On Parade, Nation­al Simul­ta­ne­ous Sto­ry­time, and the Sat­ur­day morn­ing Heart Walk. Coun­cil is eval­u­at­ing its oth­er upcom­ing events and will advise the com­mu­ni­ty in due course. 

Last week, Coun­cil advised that it would sus­pend all cur­rent (includ­ing exter­nal­ly led) pro­grams and events at the Library. This includes the reg­u­lar pro­grams such as Lego Club, Preschool Sto­ry­time, STEAM Club, Con­nect to Tech, Baby Rhyme Time, School Hol­i­days Pro­grams and Sto­ry­book Sat­ur­day from Tues­day, 17 March 2020. 

Coun­cil is also look­ing at how to best man­age and con­duct its meet­ings over the com­ing months, includ­ing the use of tele­con­fer­enc­ing facilities. 

The NT Government’s Emer­gency Oper­a­tion Cen­tre has been set up in Alice Springs to mon­i­tor and man­age COVID-19 across the Bark­ly and South­ern regions. Coun­cil is rep­re­sent­ed on this group and con­tin­ues to work with all key stake­hold­ers to con­duct and coor­di­nate respons­es to ensure the health of all Territorians. 

Coun­cil reminds all com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to stay up to date with offi­cial and accu­rate sources: https://​securent​.nt​.gov​.au/ or https://​coro​n​avirus​.nt​.gov​.au/ or https://​www​.health​.gov​.au/.

Note: These spe­cial mea­sures have been put in place as a result of COVID-19. All infor­ma­tion is cor­rect as at 3pm Mon­day 23 March, 2020.