The structure of the Blue Light Disco Council in the Northern Territory is similar to most states but in 2004 significant changes have been made mainly due to our size. These major changes are as follows:
  • All Blue Light Branches in the Northern Territory will come under one incorporated body being the NORTHERN TERRITORY BLUE LIGHT DISCO COUNCIL. This will allow all Branches to apply for there own grants.

  • All Branches will still run their own discos with their own committee's but will send account books to Darwin to be audited all together as one identity for tax purposes.

  • The Northern Territory Blue Light Disco Council will have one constitution for all Branches.

  • Each Branch will receive a Branch Manual with a general guide on the running of a Blue Light Branch.

    • These changes will bring the Northern Territory Blue Light Disco Council into the future, and be a more organised, constructed, easily monitored organisation. This will save branches completing tax returns and let them apply for their own grants when needed.

    The Northern Territory Blue Light Disco Council runs all its own accounts, it does not receive any direct funding from the Police except for the position of co-ordinator, which is filled by a member of its Police service. All members involved in running its events are volunteers. The Northern Territory Police management is very supportive in providing a vehicle when required assistance to attend national conferences, and administrative support.

    The Blue Light started in the NT in 1981 at the old Police & Citizens club in Smith St, Darwin. Some years later, Casuarina High School became a regular venue before Blue Light went into recession in early 1987 - mostly due to lack of volunteer's help.

    In 1989 we started off several big years in Darwin, 1992 we were apart of the Pacific games staged in Darwin and held a disco at the Casuarina Square for the competition hosts- over 3,300 attended making it one of the largest discos held in Australia.

    In 1989 we started off providing discos outside the greater Darwin area by staging one at Daly River community, this was the beginning of our bush discos, which have proved very


    successful since the first one. Since that time we have continually expanded the number of communities where we have been invited to run discos - 23 separated locations. It is worth noting that we have never "solicited" a community to hold a Blue Light disco, they approach us on almost every occasion.

    We get many request to fly to remote communities as Millingimbi & Ramingining in the middle of Arnhem land, which both are 2 hours flying time by charter twin engine planes from Darwin. We also travel to Crocker Island (Minjilang) which is only 40 minutes flying time from Darwin over the sea.

    In 2003 the NT Police appointed a co-ordinator for the NT Blue Light in Darwin and after a slow start staged 10 discos in 10 weeks including trips to Millingimbi and Ramingining.

    In 2004 Blue Light NT has concentrated on staging discos in the schools as we have found it too expensive to hire venues due to our lack of funds. The schools have been very supportive and at the half way mark of the year we have 40 Blue Light discos booked in the 40 school weeks. 4 of these are for High Schools, one a fund raisers for 3 female students going on a school excursion to NZ and 4 bush community discos. His is only for the Darwin Branch. Our other Branches Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Jabiru, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs stage there own discos but because they are all volunteers they do not stage near as many as Darwin.

    New Branch - the new Police Station at Kintore has acquired funding from the Kintore community and also from the Police Dept to buy Disco equipment to stage Blue Light discos in their community in the near future. Kintore is 600kms west from Alice Springs and 30kms from the WA border, stationed there are 2 NT Police and one WA Police Officer.