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NTCOSS and AADANT Welcome Recent Alcohol Policy Commitments from Northern Territory Government
Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) and Association of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies NT (AADANT) welcome the recent commitments by the new NT Government to move alcohol policy into the Department of Health, to reintroduce...
NT Government delivers on non-government sector partnerships
Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison today announced an additional $340 000 per annum for one of the Territory’s longest-established not for profit social justice advocacy groups, the Northern Territory Council of Social Services (NTCOSS)....
Child Poverty on the Rise
ACOSS releases a new report showing that 731,300 children or 17.4% of all children in Australia are living in poverty, an increase of 2 percentage points over the past 10 years (from 2004-2014).......The report finds that nearly three million...
Investing With Purpose
'INVESTING WITH PURPOSE' NTCOSS October Business Month Forum held Tuesday 11 October 2016 YWCA Barbara James House (9 Mirambeena Street, The Gardens, Darwin). PROGRAM Presentations below: Session 1: Impact Investment and the Social Impact Model...
NTCOSS Submission to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the NT (2016)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 35,000 kilometres, 45 community visits, more than 260 meetings and over 65 written submissions made up the stories and solutions in the 2007 Little Children are Sacred Report. Anderson and Wild wrote that it had all been said before. They called on...
Cost of Living Report No.13 CPI update
NTCOSS releases latest Cost of Living report, renews calls for solutions to address remote food and fuel prices, and increase to Newstart. The 13th Cost of Living Report released by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS)...
Media Release: NTCOSS latest Cost of Living Report
NTCOSS releases latest Cost of Living report, renews calls for solutions to address remote food and fuel prices, and increase to Newstart. The 13th Cost of Living Report released by the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS)...
NT Election – Candidates Respond to NTCOSS Election Asks
ALP and CLP commit to outsourcing Out of Home Care Services to NGO sector, but no consensus on Cost of Living and Justice issues in the NT..... The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) has today released the responses to its 4...
Media Release: NT Election-Candidates respond to NTCOSS Election Asks
ALP and CLP commit to outsourcing Out of Home Care Services to NGO sector, but no consensus on Cost of Living and Justice issues in the NT..... The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) has today released the responses to its 4...
NT Election Asks Forum
Improving the wellbeing of children and families in the Northern Territory goes a long way to ensuring the growth of the NT both socially and economically. The lead up to the upcoming Northern Territory is an important time to determine where...