Tuesday May 07 2024 The soaring cost of living is forcing some Territorians to get no interest loans to pay the rent and access emergency relief services for the first time so they can put food on the family table and petrol in the car.Darwin is among the most...
Territorians need more support and better protections to afford the basic costs of living, including access to affordable housing, transport and electricity amid a difficult cost environment.In the last year inflation reached the highest level in more than two...
24 April 2023 NTCOSS has released its latest Cost of Living report, which reveals the extent of rises in utilities, housing and transport costs in the NT over the last year. In some cases, the cost rises are higher than the rate of inflation – which reached a 32-year...
NTCOSS’ latest Cost of Living fact sheet has revealed an alarming jump in households having their power disconnected as electricity, water and sewerage prices in the Northern Territory (NT) rose at more than double the national average. In the last decade in Darwin,...
New NTCOSS Cost of Living report shows Territorians struggling to make ends meetA new report shows the highest inflation in Australia in more than 30 years is making the cost of housing, fuel and even food unaffordable for many Territorians.The Northern Territory...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks on ABC Radio Darwin about the Albanese Labor Government’s first Federal Budget, what’s needed to ease the stress of cost of living pressures on Territorians and the national plan to end violence against women and children....