By Deborah Di Natale CEO NT Council of Social Service The Northern Territory Council of Social Service was pleased when the Government recently introduced new laws to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12. This makes us the first jurisdiction in the country...
NT residents will be the overwhelming majority of Aussies on compulsory income management despite Federal Government changes to the Cashless Debit Card, writes A Parkinson from NT News. Aboriginal communities will remain on the controversial BasicsCard despite the...
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...
