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...
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...
“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...
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....
An ambitious national plan to end gender based violence has been welcomed by Northern Territory advocates. But a remote legal service has said it is a “missed opportunity”, and more clear guidelines of how implementation will be funded is needed. Katherine Women’s...
By Emma Ruben National Indigenous Times 20/10/22 The proposed plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family safety could be essential for domestic and family violence survivors in the Northern Territory, a peak NT body has said. Alongside the National Plan to...
