We congratulate the Northern Territory Government for keeping its promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 and abolishing some mandatory sentencing laws.We need a smarter approach to justice – one that works and one that breaks the cycle of...
“It is all well and good to pay lip service to ending gender-based violence … but we need to put our money where our mouth is” – NTCOSS’ Tessa Snowdon on ABC Radio Darwin following Four Corners’ broadcast on a national crisis “hidden in plain sight: the killings...
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....
An ambitious national plan to end gender based violence has been welcomed by Northern Territory advocates. But a remote legal service has said it is a “missed opportunity”, and more clear guidelines of how implementation will be funded is needed. Katherine Women’s...
By Emma Ruben National Indigenous Times 20/10/22 The proposed plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family safety could be essential for domestic and family violence survivors in the Northern Territory, a peak NT body has said. Alongside the National Plan to...
In the wake of possible Youth Justice Act breaches, experts cannot ‘reconcile’ the continued use of Don Dale and have called for the building to be bulldozed immediately. NT Council of Social Services chief executive Deborah Di Natale said she visited Don Dale only...