Barkly community misses out on $250 million in new funding to tackle alcohol-related harm

Noel Hayes is disappointed that the Barkly won't have access to new funding for Central Australia. (ABC Alice Springs: Evan Wallace)

Kaytetye man and elder Noel Hayes is used to seeing the Barkly being passed over — this time on a slice of $250 million allocated to Central Australia to tackle social disadvantage and alcohol-related harm.

"I think they are just bypassing the Barkly, the Tennant Creek area, and all our people in the Barkly," Mr Hayes said.