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NTCOSS Pre-Budget Submission 2020-21
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) welcomes the opportunity to present information and perspectives relevant to the formulation of the Northern Territory Government’s (NTG) 2020 – 21 Budget. NTCOSS is a peak body for the social and community...
NTCOSS Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Adequacy of Newstart and Related Payments and Alternative Mechanisms to Determine the Level of Income Support Payments in Australia
NTCOSS Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Adequacy of Newstart and Related Payments and Alternative Mechanisms to Determine the Level of Income Support Payments in Australia The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) welcomes the...
NTCOSS Submission to the Senate inquiry on the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019
NTCOSS Submission to the Senate inquiry on the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019 NTCOSS is a peak body for the social and community service sector in the Northern Territory (NT), and an...
Poverty exists. Poverty hurts us all. We can all do something about it.
Anti-Poverty Week 13-19 October 2019 Anti-Poverty Week is about helping the Australian community to have an increased understanding of poverty and take action collectively to end it. In the Northern Territory, we have the deepest rates of poverty and...
NTCOSS submission to the Northern Territory Government Climate Change Response – Towards 2050
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Northern Territory Government’s Climate Change Response: Towards 2050. NTCOSS is a peak body for the social and community service sector in the Northern Territory...
Submission to the Commonwealth Religious Discrimination Bill (2019)
1 October 2019 Freedom of Religion Consultation Attorney General’s Department 4 National Circuit BARTON ACT 2600 Email: FoRConsultation@ag.gov.au To whom it may concern, Submission: Religious Discrimination Bill The Northern...
Cost of Living Report No.25
NTCOSS asks what will it take to get urgent action on food affordability? The 25th Cost of Living Report released today by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) focuses on cost of living pressures across the NT – with food costs again in the...
Correspondence relating to the development of the Sexual Violence Prevention Framework
Department of Territory Families 16 August, 2019 Domestic Violence Directorate Via email: tf.domesticviolencedirectorate@nt.gov.au To whom it may concern, RE: Development of the Sexual Violence Prevention Framework The Northern Territory Council...
NTCOSS Cost Of Living Report No. 24
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) released its 24th Cost of Living Report today, shining a spotlight on soaring prices for healthy foods in remote community stores and calling on governments to take action. The NT Government’s latest Market...
NTCOSS Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
NTCOSS is a peak body for the Northern Territory community sector and is a voice for people affected by social and economic disadvantage and inequality. The community sector in the Northern Territory is made up of community managed, non-government, not for...