NTCOSS Tessa Snowdon 00:00The high rates of domestic family and sexual violence in the Northern Territory are not unknown, people are well aware of these rates, but unfortunately, the sustained rates of DFSV in our communities has resulted in a bit of a normalizing of...
Women and children escaping tumultuous homes in a part of Australia with the highest rate of domestic violence may not get the help they need following this month’s ruling to raise the minimum wage by at least $40 a week. The Fair Work Commission decision...
Larissa Ellis CEO Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia 00:00Hi, Liz, thanks for asking me on [to ABC radio]. Look, we’ve calculated the [minimum wage]increase to be about 150 to $200,000, that will hit our budget. So that’s quite a...
Mix 104.9 Katie Woolf 00:00Now we know that NTCOSS has released it’s 31st Cost of Living Report and the results are probably not a huge surprise to most of us. The data from December 2020 to December 2021, reveals that Darwin had the highest increase in price...
‘No buffer’ to ride cost-of-living pressures International students, particularly in the NT, are among the worst affected. A recent Northern Territory Council of Social Services (NTCOSS) report shows cost rises in several areas are well above national...