An examination of price changes over the past decade in the key household expenditure areas of housing, utilities, transport and food. Download here in PDF
12 October 2026 10-year analysis shows Territory life under threat from cost of living. New report shows dramatic cost of living increases over the last decade. Territorians struggling to meet basic needs, with highest rents nationally, transport costs skyrocketing...
24 April 2023 NTCOSS has released its latest Cost of Living report, which reveals the extent of rises in utilities, housing and transport costs in the NT over the last year. In some cases, the cost rises are higher than the rate of inflation – which reached a 32-year...
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....
News that the JobSeeker Payment would increase by just $1.80 from $46 to $47.80 a day would not make any difference to the lives of thousands of people in the Territory living below the poverty line, NT COSS CEO Deborah Di Natale told ABC Radio Alice Springs. This...
