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MEDIA RELEASE: Latest police violence video reinforces need for the AJA
TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER One more piece of damning evidence to support the need for the Aboriginal Justice Agreement. The video of police brutality at the Alice Springs watch house is both sickening and unsurprising, says the co-chairs of the Aboriginal Justice Agreement,...
MEDIA RELEASE: Grants to strengthen youth advocacy across Australia
Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians Minister for Youth and Sport 14 December 2020 Grants to strengthen youth advocacy across Australia Young people will have more say on the issues that matter to them...
MEDIA RELEASE: Community organisations slam decision to continue discriminatory and punitive Cashless Debit Card
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak organisations, legal services and human rights organisations have slammed the decision of the Morrison Government and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party, with the abstention of the Centre Alliance in the Senate giving...
Open Letter to the Woolworths Chair on the Darwin Dan Murphy’s
NTCOSS is one of 45 signatories for an open letter to Woolworths Chair, Gordon Cairns. The letter appears in the Wednesday 9 December edition of the Australian Financial Review. Read the letter and view the signatories here.
Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Alice Springs about the Federal Indigenous Affairs Committee’s Food Pricing and Security Report
On Monday 7 December, the Federal Indigenous Affairs Committee tabled its report on food pricing and food security. It found that food costs are very high in remote communities, and that poor infrastructure, seasonal changes and the high costs of living and operating...
Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Alice Springs about the NT Budget, cuts to the Coronavirus Supplement and Dan Murphy’s in Darwin
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to Alex Barwick on ABC Alice Springs about the NT Budget, cuts to the Coronavirus Supplement and the prospect of a giant Dan Murphy’s store in Darwin. It is a busy time, with the Federal Government announcing a $100 a fortnight cut...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to Katie Woolf on Mix 104.9 about the 2020/21 NT Budget
Deborah Di Natale CEO NTCOSS spoke to Katie Woolf on Mix 104.9 about the 2020/21 NT Budget. They discussed how the Government missed the opportunity to deliver economic stimulus that has lasting benefit, by not investing in social housing. The NT has 12...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Darwin’s Jo Laverty about the 2020/21 NT Budget.
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale spoke to ABC Darwin’s Jo Laverty about the 2020/21 NT Budget. This Budget was delivered in difficult economic times, but the NT can not be the comeback capital without the community sector. The not-for-profit and community sector is...
Northern Territory Council of Social Service response to the 2020/21 NT Budget
DO NOT FORGET THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR Northern Territory Council of Social Service response to the 2020/21 NT Budget The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) welcomes the release of the NT Budget today that has largely maintained funding...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Darwin about the expansion of the Cashless Debit Card and what it will mean for the NT
There is no conclusive proof that quarantining income works to achieve any of the stated social or behavioural objectives, but the Federal Government is pushing ahead with the expansion of the cashless debit card. NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale spoke to ABC...