The new Barkly Regional Council manager has said a report that examined alleged bullying by the former chief executive officer Emma Bradbury among other allegations, should be made public, while the terms of reference show the investigation also looked at how the complaints against the former CEO were handled by Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin.

Local Government Minister Chanston Paech placed the council under management on October 17, following calls by former councillor Noel Hays in the NT Independent for the Minister to sack the members, and which also followed a video of Mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin sitting on a child while another man yelled at him, threatened him, and forced his head down with a boot.

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