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NTCOSS endorses Aboriginal leaders’ call for a special control area
NTCOSS is joining the call put out by Aboriginal leaders today to enforce stricter border controls with a 'special control area'. The Northern Territory Government must do whatever it takes to protect Aboriginal communities who are very susceptible to the spread of...
Demand for community services high even before COVID-19 – Australian Community Services Survey (ACSS)
As impact of coronavirus grows, survey shows vital community services sinking with demand Government support for the not-for-profit community service sector is failing to keep up with demand for services, allow advocacy and foster collaboration finds the...
Coronavirus advice: NT remote communities
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update – Remote Communities in the Northern Territory Remote communities in the NT face health challenges including high rates of chronic disease that make them more vulnerable to a virus such as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As a result of...
NTCOSS Age of Criminal Responsibility Working Group Review
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) is a peak body for the Social and Community Sector in the Northern Territory (NT) and an advocate for social justice on behalf of people and communities in the NT, who may be affected by poverty and...
Media Release – Survey: Northern Territory community services at risk from funding uncertainty
Thursday 27 February, 2020: A new survey has shown that almost half (44%) of Northern Territory community services could face cuts to their funding if the Federal Government does not renew funding that has been in place for almost a decade. The Equal...
Call for big ideas (Opinion: Sunday Territorian)
The following opinion piece by Deborah Di Natale, NTCOSS CEO, appeared in the Sunday Territorian on Sunday 9 February, 2020. Call for big ideas So we have an exciting time right now in politics. We have an untested new leader of the Opposition, a new political...
Joint Statement to Abandon Federal Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill.
NT ORGANISATIONS STAND TOGETHER AGAINST FEDERAL RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL Major health, social, legal organisations and unions from across the NT call for the Federal Religious Discrimination Bill to be abandoned. Signatories to the statement include: Aboriginal...
NTCOSS Statement on the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) and Newstart in the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) is urgently calling on the Federal Government to scrap plans to introduce legislation that will be harmful to thousands of Territorians, when parliament resumes on Tuesday 4 February, 2020. The legislation will...
NTCOSS Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law Inquiry
31 January 2020 The Hon Kevin Andrews MP Chair, Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System PO Box 6100 CANBERRA ACT 2600 By email: familylaw.sen@aph.gov.au Dear Chair, RE: Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System The Northern...
Media Release – Cost of Living Report No. 26
Utilities costs unaffordable for lower income NT households The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) released its 26th Cost of Living Report today, highlighting the unaffordability of utilities in the NT for low income households and calling...