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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...
Cost of Living Report No. 26
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 for an extension to concession schemes and government assistance....
Political inaction on climate change is hurting our most vulnerable, worsening poverty and inequality
In the midst of unprecedented bushfires and international climate talks in Madrid, the Councils of Social Service are calling for urgent government action on climate change to support those hardest hit by its impacts – people on low incomes or experiencing...
2019 NT Human Rights Awards Winners
Congratulations to the 2019 winners of the NT Human Rights Awards, the "Fitzgeralds", announced last night at the awards ceremony in Darwin. NTCOSS is a proud sponsor and member of the organising committee of this important event that recognises notable activities in...
Councils of Social Service condemn proposed funding cut to national voice for First Nations women on domestic violence
Dangerous and outrageous – Councils of Social Service condemn proposed funding cut to national voice for First Nations women on domestic violence The Councils of Social Service across the country have joined together to urge the Morrison Government to reinstate...
NTCOSS Submission to the Commonwealth Review of Senior Secondary Pathways into Work, Further Education and Training (2019)
9 December 2019 Review of Senior Secondary Pathways into Work, Further Education and Training Department of Education Email: pathwaysreviewconsultations@education.gov.au To whom it may concern, Submission: Review of Senior Secondary Pathways into Work,...