Coomalie Community Government Council: History
Coomalie Community Government Council was established on 7 December 1990, and its first elections were held in 1997. On 1 July 2008, Coomalie Council became one of the 11 Shires in the territory, changed by the Northern Territory Government. It was put under official management of the Northern Territory government in July 2024 and dismissed in May 2025 after an investigation found what had been described as "serious and sustained deficiencies".