Category Archives: Northern Territory

Agency NT : Northern Territory Civil & Administrative Tribunal

Objectives of NTCAT NTCAT’s objectives are set out in section 10 of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act. These provide that NTCAT must: promote the best principles of public administration; and be accessible to the public by being easy to find and easy to access; and be responsive to parties, especially to people with special needs; and ensure that proceedings are processed and resolved as quickly as possible while achieving a just outcome, including by resolving disputes through high-quality processes and the use Read More +

Tenancy Editor 21 May 2018
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Agency NT : Northern Territory Consumer Affairs

Consumer Affairs Contacts Web Site: For Consumers - Residential Tenancies Telephone: (08) 8999 1999 or 1800 019 319 Fax: (08) 8935 7738 SMS : 040 111 6801 Email: consumer@nt.gov.au Consumer Affairs - Darwin 1st Floor, The Met Building, 13 Scaturchio St, Casuarina NT 0810 PO Box 40946, CASUARINA NT 0811 Consumer Affairs - Alice Springs Ground floor, Green Well Building, 50 Bath Street, Alice Springs NT 0870 PO Box 1745, ALICE SPRINGS NT 0871 Northern Territory Consumer Affairs Residential Tenancies Consumer Affairs provides advice to Read More +

Tenancy Editor 21 May 2018
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DCLS MEDIA RELEASE – Reforms for renters long overdue

Media Release from Darwin Community Legal Service Source: https://www.dcls.org.au/media-release-reforms-for-renters-long-overdue/ Today the Northern Territory Parliament marked its commitment to modernising tenancy law in the Territory by passing long overdue reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act to increase protections for tenants across the Territory.  The amendments will remove the practice of blacklisting tenants on private databases without their knowledge.  These listings are often unsubstantiated and until now tenants have had difficulty correcting the record or having a listing removed. While Darwin Community Legal Service (DCLS) welcomes the Read More +

Tenancy Editor 20 May 2018
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