The MacDonnell Regional Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia.

[1] MacDonnell Regional Council occupies the south of the Northern Territory and is the only LGA that borders with South Australia, specifically with Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in the southwest and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area in the southeast.

The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires.

[3] The current president (mayor) of the MacDonnell Regional Council is Roxanne Kenny.

[citation needed] The MacDonnell Regional Council is divided into 4 wards, which are governed by 12 councillors: The following towns fall within the four wards as follows:,[4] with population figures as of 30 June 2007:[5] There are a number of small family outstations within MacDonnell Regional Council.