Media Releases
Katherine Women’s Legal Service, NTCOSS weigh in on national DV plan
An ambitious national plan to end gender based violence has been welcomed by Northern Territory advocates. But a remote legal service has said it is a “missed opportunity”, and more clear guidelines of how implementation will be funded is needed. Katherine Women’s...
Dedicated plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family safety ‘essential’ for Northern Territory
By Emma Ruben National Indigenous Times 20/10/22 The proposed plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family safety could be essential for domestic and family violence survivors in the Northern Territory, a peak NT body has said. Alongside the National Plan to...
Experts call on the government to close Don Dale 13/9/22
In the wake of possible Youth Justice Act breaches, experts cannot ‘reconcile’ the continued use of Don Dale and have called for the building to be bulldozed immediately. NT Council of Social Services chief executive Deborah Di Natale said she visited Don Dale only...
NTCOSS welcomes new laws to Raise the Age 12/10/22
NTCOSS, along with our partners: @AMSANTaus, @NAAJA_NT, @APONT_AGMP and NT Legal Aid welcomes legislative changes to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12. We congratulate the NT Government for keeping its promise and will continue the...
Media Release: Urgent action needed to stop shameful neglect of our children 14/9/22
For immediate release Wednesday 14th September 2022 Media Release: Urgent action needed to stop shameful neglect of our childrenWill it take a tragedy to force the Northern Territory Government to take tangible action and remove children from the notorious Don Dale...
Better system for children can exist Sunday Territorian 18/9/22
By Deborah Di Natale – CEO - Northern Territory Council of Social Service - Sunday Territorian newspaper 18/9/22 Last week I visited Darwin’s Don Dale Youth Detention Centre and I was appalled by what I saw. Here we are, five years since the NT Royal Commission handed...
Pressure builds over Don Dale Detention Centre
https://vimeo.com/765994735 Read more A community that treats its children like this, breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, should be ashamed, Northern Territory Council of Social Service CEO Deborah Di Natale and Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance...
Don Dale Detention Centre must be closed
NT Council of Social Service CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks about the inhumane conditions and treatment of children in the NT after the NT Children’s Commissioner told the Chief Minister a child may die in a government-run detention centre. Aboriginal children continue...
Dehumanising treatment and detention of NT kids must stop
https://vimeo.com/765974646 Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT chief executive John Paterson speaks about the inhumane conditions and treatment of children in the NT after the NT Children’s Commissioner told the Chief Minister a child may die in a government-run...
Youth Voices Amplified Through New Project
More than $800,000 will be dedicated to amplifying the voices of young people, with the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) to receive $170,000 in grant funding each year for the next five years to deliver the NT Youth Voice Project. The project will...