A good budget is one that delivers for everyone, including the community’s most vulnerable, and while this budget delivers in some areas, it falls well short in others. It’s encouraging to see the Northern Territory Government investing in some key commitments...
NTCOSS welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s commitment to scrap Compulsory Income Management if elected at the upcoming federal election. NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale says she looks forward to seeing more detail on this, with better policies and strong...
No one should have to experience or live with Domestic, Family or Sexual Violence. Territorians face the highest rates of DFSV in the country and NT Government data shows our domestic homicides rates are six times the national average. It’s critical that survivors can...
Saturday 26 February 2022 Peak national justice, child welfare and advocacy groups have joined calls for the Northern Territory Government to stop using spit hoods and restraints on children. ACOSS, Change the Record, NATSILS, Save the Children and the Human Rights...
Wednesday 23 February 2022 Aboriginal leaders and community sector advocates are calling on the Northern Territory Government to stop playing games on the detention and protection of children. Revelations in the NT News that spit hoods and restraints are still being...
The Northern Territory Government must act to keep children out of detention by immediately raising the age of criminal responsibility.“Today marks four years since the final report of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the NT was...
