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National Indigenous Australian Agency Indigenous Digital Inclusion Plan consultation
1 November 2021 National Indigenous Australian Agency Indigenous Digital Inclusion Plan consultation By email: digitalinclusion@niaa.gov.au Indigenous Digital Inclusion Plan The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) is the peak body for the Northern...
Submission to the NT Department of Education’s Education Engagement Strategy
The NT 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. NTCOSS membership is made up of community managed,...
Submission: Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021
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...
Submission to the NT Department of Education’s Review of Part 7 of the Education Act 2015
Click here to access this submission as a PDF Submission to the NT Department of Education’s Review of Part 7 of the Education Act 2015 12 October 2021 For more information, or to discuss this submission further, please contact: Sarah Holder, Policy Manager...
Deborah Di Natale comments on Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence in the NT
This opinion piece featured in the NT News 12 September, 2021 Two weeks ago a woman was murdered in Darwin. It didn’t make national news. People didn’t take to the streets in protest. The police arrested a man for ‘murder and domestic violence’. In January of this...
Submission: Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021
To access the submission as a PDF, click here. Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Via email: fpa.sen@aph.gov.au The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) is the peak body for the Northern Territory (NT) Community and Social...
Joint statement: Safety Advocates Respond to Women’s Safety Summit
We are in a moment of national reckoning, in which survivors have spoken out and shone a spotlight on gender-based violence. This moment demands national leadership. The Government’s Women’s Safety Summit did not meet this moment. Whilst many experts...
MEDIA RELEASE: WOMEN’S SAFETY SUMMIT MUST DELIVER
It is time for the Territory to be heard on the issue of family, domestic and sexual violence, as the crisis of abuse deepens.Next week the Northern Territory Council of Social Service will be attending the online National Summit on Women’s Safety. The Summit forms...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to Jo Laverty on ABC Darwin about the signing of the Aboriginal Justice Agreement
Years in the making, the Agreement is an Aboriginal-led roadmap to safer communities and reduced incarceration. NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to Jo Laverty on ABC Darwin about the signing of the Aboriginal Justice Agreement TRANSCRIPT : ABC DARWIN...
MEDIA RELEASE: THE TERRITORY’S HISTORIC ABORIGINAL JUSTICE AGREEMENT LAUNCHED (NT)
The Territory Labor Government and Aboriginal and community sector leaders have today signed a ground-breaking Agreement to deliver a safer community and better justice outcomes for Aboriginal Territorians. The Aboriginal Justice Agreement (AJA) is the first of its...