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Overhaul of energy concessions needed as three million households struggle to pay their energy bills
21 December 2022 Overhaul of energy concessions needed as three million households struggle to pay their energy bills A report released today by social service organisations found that while around three million households receive some form of ongoing financial...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale on our latest Cost of Living report
https://vimeo.com/782803188 Check out our latest Cost of Living report. ntcoss.org.au NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale spoke to Adam Steer on ABC Radio last week about our Cost of Living report, shows Territorians struggling to make ends meet "A new report shows the...
Cost of Living Report December update
New NTCOSS Cost of Living report shows Territorians struggling to make ends meetA new report shows the highest inflation in Australia in more than 30 years is making the cost of housing, fuel and even food unaffordable for many Territorians.The Northern Territory...
All Territorians need the same protections OP-ED Sunday Territorian 20/11/22
This week the NTs’ elected MLAs will debate proposed changes to anti-discrimination civil laws that will say a lot about the type of place we want the Northern Territory to be. The NT is one of Australia’s most culturally diverse jurisdictions: from the Aboriginal...
Locking up children makes us less safe OP-ED Sunday Territorian 30/10/22
By Deborah Di Natale CEO NT Council of Social Service The Northern Territory Council of Social Service was pleased when the Government recently introduced new laws to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12. This makes us the first jurisdiction in the country...
Remote NT communities will remain on the controversial BasicsCards
NT residents will be the overwhelming majority of Aussies on compulsory income management despite Federal Government changes to the Cashless Debit Card, writes A Parkinson from NT News. Aboriginal communities will remain on the controversial BasicsCard despite the...
Media Release: NTCOSS welcomes legislative changes to raise the age of criminal responsibility
We congratulate the Northern Territory Government for keeping its promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 and abolishing some mandatory sentencing laws.We need a smarter approach to justice – one that works and one that breaks the cycle of...
NTCOSS response to the Review of the legislation and the Justice Response to Domestic Violence in the Northern Territory – supplementary information to the legislative reform component
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) is the peak body for the Northern Territory (NT) Community and Social Services Sector and is a voice for people affected by social and economic disadvantage and inequality. NTCOSS membership is made up of...
NTCOSS on the crisis in NT of women being killed
“It is all well and good to pay lip service to ending gender-based violence … but we need to put our money where our mouth is” – NTCOSS’ Tessa Snowdon on ABC Radio Darwin following Four Corners’ broadcast on a national crisis "hidden in plain sight: the killings and...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks on ABC Radio Darwin on Federal Budget Day
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks on ABC Radio Darwin about the Albanese Labor Government’s first Federal Budget, what’s needed to ease the stress of cost of living pressures on Territorians and the national plan to end violence against women and children....