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...
This week the NTs’ elected MLAs will debate proposed changes to anti-discrimination civil laws that will say a lot about the type of place we want the Northern Territory to be. The NT is one of Australia’s most culturally diverse jurisdictions: from the Aboriginal...
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...
