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NTCOSS Pre Budget Submission 2019-2020
NTCOSS Pre Budget Submission 2019 – 2020 Dear Chief Minister Thank you for the opportunity to provide you with the 2019 – 2020 Northern Territory Council of Social Service Inc (NTCOSS) Pre Budget Submission (PBS). NTCOSS is a peak body for the community sector in the...
NTCOSS Submission on the NT Government Revenue Review Discussion Paper
NTCOSS Submission on the NT Government Revenue Review Discussion Paper, November 2017 First published in February 2018 by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service. Introduction As a peak non-government representative body for the health and...
NT coalition of health, justice and social services wholly rejects calls to reinstate Alcohol Mandatory Treatment and to scrap the floor price on alcohol
AMSANT, APO NT, Making Justice Work, NAAJA and NTCOSS wholly reject calls from Independent MLAs Robyn Lambley and Terry Mills to reinstate Alcohol Mandatory Treatment (AMT) and to scrap the floor price on alcohol. The organisations strongly condemn the NT Opposition...
NTCOSS AGM
Northern Territory Council of Social Service Inc Annual General Meeting with Guest Speaker Dr Cassandra Goldie 11.30am - 1.00pm on Tuesday 9 October 2018 Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO of Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Q&A regular, and ex-Darwin resident...
NT income boosted by $58m per year if Newstart and Youth Allowance rates are raised, plus much needed cost of living relief to low-income Territorians
The 21st NTCOSS Cost of Living Report released today, coincides with the release earlier this week of a report by Deloitte Access Economics, commissioned by ACOSS. The Deloitte report found that increasing the base rate of Newstart and Youth Allowance by $75 per week...
Rent prices still high, and lack of low cost rental housing prevalent in the NT: NTCOSS report
The second part to the 20th Cost of Living Report released today by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) highlights the lack of low cost rental housing in the NT. The Report, produced by NTCOSS with the assistance of NT...
NTCOSS report calls on NT government to help relieve cost of living pressures face by Territorians
The 20th Cost of Living Report released by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) shows that the cost of fuel is up and rent is down, and highlights areas of financial pressure that many NT families continue to face. The...
Scheme splits, but fewer low-income Territorians will be eligible
The new “bigger and fairer” NT Concession Scheme beginning on 30 June 2018 has moved in a positive direction by clearly separating cost of living related concessions away from the Seniors Recognition Scheme, as well as placing a cap on...
NTCOSS Submission to the Modernisation of the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Act Review
Anti-discrimination and Equal Opportunity laws provide important protections for all citizens, and particularly those facing vulnerability and hardship on the Northern Territory. These laws uphold the values of equity and fairness, which are...
NTCOSS submission to the modernisation of the Anti-Discrimination Act NT
NTCOSS commends the Northern Territory Government for conducting this review and thanks it for the opportunity to provide a submission. While NTCOSS acknowledges the importance of all the issues covered in the Review, this submission will not cover the full range of...