Retirement of the Constituting Member

Retirement of the Constituting Member and Minister’s appointment of the new Member.

The Minister for Local Government has appointed Michal Malouf as the new Constituting member, effective from 13 December 2023. Michael is a resident of Victoria, but has provided consultancy services to the Anindilyakwa Land Council.

The initial constituting member was Iain Summers, a Darwin based management and governance consultant and accountant. He was appointed by the Minister for Local Government as the Constituting Member of the Prospective Groote Archipelago Regional Council (initially named the Warnindilyakwa Regional Council) in August 2022. 

Iain’s involvement with local government in the Northern Territory was through many years in the 1980s as an auditor of NT local councils, (he was the auditor of Umbakumba Community Council from 1980 to 1983), and in more recent years, as the independent Chair of many municipal and regional councils, including East Arnhem Regional Council. Iain had announced that his retirement date from the workforce would be by 31 December 2023, and so a new constituting member needed to be appointed.