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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...
Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Radio Alice Springs about the importance of the Coronavirus Supplement
This week NTCOSS will be releasing its quarterly Cost of Living Report – and it will show just how much the economic stimulus and coronavirus supports have done to reduce cost of living pressures in the NT. But it is shortlived relief. Last week saw the...
Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Darwin about cuts to the coronavirus supplement
This Friday, the 25th September, the Federal Government will start winding back its economic stimulus, including the coronavirus supplement. In the Territory this means the loss of $10.1 million in payments each fortnight, in addition to the $8.5 million lost...
NTCOSS Value of the Not-for-profit Sector Launch
The Not-for-profit human services sector is an important element in sustaining and growing the Northern Territory economy. It contributes more than mining, both in terms of the economy and numbers of people employed, and sees $615.5million in wages go back into our...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to ABC Alice Springs about cuts to the Coronavirus Supplement
The Federal Government is planning to cut the Coronavirus Supplement on September 25, reducing incomes of people on JobSeeker by $300 per fortnight. Unless the Government steps in, the Supplement will be removed entirely at the end of December, sending the incomes of...
Cuts to JobSeeker to cost the NT economy $348 million – Deloitte report
The Morrison Government’s planned cuts to the Coronavirus Supplement for people on JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and parenting payments would see the NT lose $348 million over the next two years and more than 2,500 jobs according to analysis by Deloitte Access Economics...
We all want the Territory to be the comeback capital, but Darwin also needs to deliver – Deborah Di Natale in the NT News
We have a new Government that is a lot like the old one, but not quite. For those of us working in the community sector, one big change is that Kate Worden is now the Minister for Territory Families and Selena Uibo is Attorney-General and Minister for Justice. They...
The Territory Needs Equal Pay for the Community Sector
The work of the community services sector has never been more in demand, and more at risk. This Equal Pay Day, Deborah Di Natale, CEO of the Northern Territory Council of Social Service, calls on the Federal Government to renew funding that ensures staff in the...
NTCOSS congratulates Michael Gunner and his Territory Labor team on their re-election.
In 2016, Labor took power on the back of a significant platform of reform across Aboriginal Justice, Youth Justice and Child Protection, Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, Remote Housing and Climate Change. Those reforms are underway but not yet complete, and we...
NTCOSS Policy Manager Sarah Holder speaks to ABC Alice Springs
Crime and youth justice is a common political battleground – and nowhere more so than the Northern Territory. Last Territory election, there was nationwide outrage at the treatment of Territory kids behind bars. This election the tough law and order rhetoric is...