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SHAMEFUL BACKFLIP ON SPIT HOODS AND RESTRAINTS
Wednesday 23 February 2022 Aboriginal leaders and community sector advocates are calling on the Northern Territory...
NTCOSS Pre Budget Submission 2022 – 2023
December 2021 Foreword Once again, this next budget comes at a challenging time during a period of rapid change in the...
Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) Action Plan 2 Non-Government Organisation Consultation Report 2021
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) is the peak body for the Northern Territory (NT) Community and...
The long, delayed, and harmful road to raising the age of criminal responsibility
Moves have been made to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years. But as the CEO of the Northern...
MEDIA RELEASE: Raise the age NOW
The Northern Territory Government must act to keep children out of detention by immediately raising the age of criminal...
Deborah Di Natale on Voter ID Laws in the NT
This opinion piece was published in the NT News on 7 November 2021. The Northern Territory has the worst electoral...
Deborah Di Natale comments on Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence in the NT
This opinion piece featured in the NT News 12 September, 2021 Two weeks ago a woman was murdered in Darwin. It didn’t make...
Submission: Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021
To access the submission as a PDF, click here. Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Via email:...
Joint statement: Safety Advocates Respond to Women’s Safety Summit
We are in a moment of national reckoning, in which survivors have spoken out and shone a spotlight on gender-based...
MEDIA RELEASE: WOMEN’S SAFETY SUMMIT MUST DELIVER
It is time for the Territory to be heard on the issue of family, domestic and sexual violence, as the crisis of abuse...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to Jo Laverty on ABC Darwin about the signing of the Aboriginal Justice Agreement
Years in the making, the Agreement is an Aboriginal-led roadmap to safer communities and reduced incarceration. ...
MEDIA RELEASE: THE TERRITORY’S HISTORIC ABORIGINAL JUSTICE AGREEMENT LAUNCHED (NT)
The Territory Labor Government and Aboriginal and community sector leaders have today signed a ground-breaking Agreement to...





