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...
December 2021 Foreword Once again, this next budget comes at a challenging time during a period of rapid change in the Northern Territory (NT). Over the past year we have seen continued, exceptional levels of cooperation and coordination between our community,...
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) is the peak body for the Northern Territory (NT) Community and Social Services Sector and is a voice for people affected by social and economic disadvantage and inequality. The community sector in the NT is...
Moves have been made to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years. But as the CEO of the Northern Territory Council of Social Services, Deborah Di Natale, explains to ProBono Australia, this change is too little, too late. Four long years ago,...
