Media Releases
NTCOSS urges parties to commit to solar on social housing
Read the Cost of Living Factsheet NTCOSS, the peak body for the Social and Community Sector in the NT, is urging political parties and candidates to commit to alleviate energy hardship by installing solar energy on all social housing ahead of next month’s...
Media Release: NTCOSS statement on Portable Long Service Leave
NTCOSS is and has been supportive of Portable Long Service Leave for social and community sector employees since the idea was first discussed in the NT in 2016.We engaged in both previous consultations in 2016 and 2020.Our letter to the Office of the Commissioner for...
NTCOSS Pre-Budget Submission 2024 – 2025
Foreword The Northern Territory Council of Social Service’ (NTCOSS) vision is for a fair, inclusive, and sustainable Northern Territory (NT) where all individuals and communities can participate in and benefit from all aspects of social, cultural, and economic life....
NTCOSS urges NT and Commonwealth provide protections for Territorians amid cost of living crisis
Territorians need more support and better protections to afford the basic costs of living, including access to affordable housing, transport and electricity amid a difficult cost environment.In the last year inflation reached the highest level in more than two...
NT Government must work with Aboriginal communities after raising age of criminal responsibility to 12
https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2023/08/01/nt-raise-the-age A coalition of Aboriginal, community, justice and human rights organisations says that as new NT laws to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years come into effect today, there is an urgent need for...
NTCOSS supports Voice to Parliament
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS), with full support of the NTCOSS Board, proudly supports constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through a Voice to Parliament. The Voice to Parliament is one of the three...
NTCOSS CEO Dr Stephanie Kelly speaks to Adam Steer on ABC Radio Darwin about cost of living, inflation and our sector’s funding problems
https://vimeo.com/842759378?share=copy Stephanie Kelly, NTCOSS’s CEO, spoke to Adam Steer about how tough it is for Territorians enduring cost of living increases and decades high inflation. However at a time when they are needed more than ever, social services...
Media Release: NT Budget misses opportunity to help vulnerable amid high inflation
Media Release: NT Budget misses opportunity to help vulnerable amid high inflation This year’s Northern Territory Budget delivers some positives for the community and social sector, but overall, our sector sees it as underwhelming and a missed opportunity to help the...
NTCOSS’s Jonathan Pilbrow talks about Cost of Living and the unaffordable housing environment in the NT.
https://vimeo.com/822851361?share=copy "Yes, times are tough. One of the concerns in our report is that when you look at the average median rent in ... Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine, Alice Springs ... all of the properties would put anyone on a low income into extreme...
NTCOSS CONFERENCE 2023
Don’t miss being a part of our two day Conference to lead discussions to instigate real community change. Held in Alice Springs from the 3 – 4 May 2023, this is the largest gathering of the Community Sector and Leaders in the Northern Territory to advance and advocate...