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NT Government greenlights Woolworths booze barn despite community concerns
For immediate release, Tuesday 10 November 2020 10 November 2020: Today the Northern Territory (NT) Government will introduce legislation that gives Woolworths the power to circumvent the independent Liquor Commission and build one of the largest bottle shops in the...
NTCOSS Submission to Operation Rebound
NTCOSS Submission to Operation Rebound: suggestions for post-pandemic economic stimulus measures NT Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) is the peak body for the Northern Territory (NT) community sector and is a voice for people affected by social and economic...
NTCOSS Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee opposing the Continuation of Cashless Welfare Bill 2020
NTCOSS has provided a submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee opposing the Continuation of Cashless Welfare Bill 2020. The Bill aims to make current trial sites permanent and to expand the scheme into the Northern Territory and Cape York....
NTCOSS Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee on the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020
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...
NTCOSS Annual General Meeting
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service recently held its Annual General Meeting, and we also marked just over year since Deborah Di Natale began as Chief Executive Officer. Writing an Annual Report lets you reflect on the year, and the immensely...
NTCOSS hosts Anti-Poverty Week Webinar with NT Shelter
This year Anti-Poverty Week focussed on the desperate national need for affordable housing, and NTCOSS joined forces with NT Shelter to look at the Territory’s housing challenges. In an Anti-Poverty Week webinar, Peter McMillan, the Executive Officer of NT Shelter,...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Alice Springs’ Alex Barwick about the Budget that gave the least to those with the least
The Federal Budget was a missed opportunity to generate jobs quickly through investing in social housing construction, and it failed to deliver a permanent, adequate JobSeeker rate. NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale spoke to ABC Alice Springs' Alex Barwick about the...
Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Darwin’s Rick Hind about what NTCOSS wants to see from the Federal Government.
On the eve of the Federal Budget 2020 Deborah Di Natale spoke to ABC Darwin's Rick Hind about what NTCOSS wanted to see from the Federal Government. While the focus of the Budget would clearly be on job generation and training, Ms Di Natale said economic...
Cost of Living Report No. 29
Poverty reduced in the NT but only short lived In its 29th Cost of Living Report released today, the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) highlights that the Federal Government’s Coronavirus Supplement payments have prevented thousands of Territory...
NTCOSS joins organisations calling for the Federal Government’s stimulus spending to be directed to social housing
NTCOSS has joined more than 300 organisations calling for the Federal Government’s stimulus spending to be directed to social housing. In an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the @everybodys home campaign calls for the construction of 30,000 social...