Media Releases
Northern Territory government promises power bill subsidy worth $71 million
This week NTCOSS released the latest Cost of Living fact sheets on Utilities, Housing and Transport in the NT. Jonathan Pilbrow, of NTCOSS, who helped compile the reports, spoke to ABC about the pressures the rising cost of living was was having on low income...
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...
Family Planning Northern Territory to stop bulk billing from May as inflation sees costs soar for social services
https://vimeo.com/814501350 ABC story by Lillian Rangiah NTCOSS Acting CEO and policy manager Sarah Holder spoke to ABC TV News about soaring costs for the social services sector and no funding to match it.. Australia's last free family planning centre will start...
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...
Overhaul of energy concessions needed as three million households struggle to pay their energy bills
21 December 2022 Overhaul of energy concessions needed as three million households struggle to pay their energy bills A report released today by social service organisations found that while around three million households receive some form of ongoing financial...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale on our latest Cost of Living report
https://vimeo.com/782803188 Check out our latest Cost of Living report. ntcoss.org.au NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale spoke to Adam Steer on ABC Radio last week about our Cost of Living report, shows Territorians struggling to make ends meet "A new report shows the...
Cost of Living Report December update
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...
Media Release: NTCOSS welcomes legislative changes to raise the age of criminal responsibility
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...
NTCOSS on the crisis in NT of women being killed
“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 and...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks on ABC Radio Darwin on Federal Budget Day
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....