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Media Release: New curfew laws aimed at those who should be helped – NTCOSS
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service is deeply concerned about new laws that were rushed into parliament last week that will make it easier to impose curfews.Key groups were not consulted including the Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT (APO NT), the justice...
NT Budget causes major disquiet for the community sector: NTCOSS
Today’s NT Budget causes major disquiet for the community sector with the only solution offered for tackling community safety being more police and prisons.There is no additional community sector funding being directed towards solutions we know will benefit community...
NT renters getting loans, skipping meals to keep a roof over their heads: NTCOSS Cost of Living report
Tuesday May 07 2024 The soaring cost of living is forcing some Territorians to get no interest loans to pay the rent and access emergency relief services for the first time so they can put food on the family table and petrol in the car.Darwin is among the most...
NTCOSS’s Caitlin Perry spoke on ABC’s morning show about spending government money on people or places
https://vimeo.com/934681121?share=copy ABC's Adam Steer and A Parkinson: I think it's time to get to our spin cycle this morning, because it is 24 to 9 already. So there was some confusion over money this week. You might remember Police Minister Brent Potter on this...
NTCOSS calls for laws to keep homes cool for renters
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service is calling for the urgent introduction of mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for properties after a new report found renters are enduring dangerously hot conditions.The current wet season has brought indoor...
NTCOSS Youth Voice’s Stephanie Burgess tells ABC’s Jess Ong about Love Letters to Mparntwe/Alice Springs
NTCOSS’s Youth Voice Project Officer Stephanie Burgess spoke to ABC Radio’s Jess Ong on Valentine’s Day about our Love Letters to Mparntwe/Alice Springs project. She did a great job celebrating where she lives. You can find our pages on Facebook and Instagram...
NTCOSS Pre-Budget Submission 2024 – 2025
Foreword The Northern Territory Council of Social Service’ (NTCOSS) vision is for a fair, inclusive, and sustainable Northern Territory (NT) where all individuals and communities can participate in and benefit from all aspects of social, cultural, and economic life....
Domestic and family violence in the Territory is a crisis and needs urgent and significant response
Over the past seven months, the NT Coroner has explored the lives and deaths of four Aboriginal Territorian women who were killed by their partners. Kumanjayi Haywood Kumanjayi Ragurrk Miss Yunupingu R. Rubuntja We pay our deepest condolences to their loved ones. We...
Money needed to save lives – NTCOSS’s Sophie Hantz on changes to DFSV laws
https://ntcoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/231129-DFSV.pdf Stakeholders welcome DV law changes but say more funds required. Advocates have welcomed reforms to modernise and strengthen the Territory's domestic violence laws, but say it will be "meaningless"...
NTCOSS’s Greg Roberts talks to CAAMA Radio about a 13th interest rate rise in 18 months and cost of living pain.
https://vimeo.com/888570277?share=copy The Reserve Bank raised interest rates for a 13th time in 18 months in November, imposing more financial pain on many Territorians in the midst of a cost of living crisis. ACOSS recommended the Commonwealth step in and tackle...