{"id":7,"date":"2015-10-23T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T01:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-12-11T18:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:45:41","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>About COTA NT<\/h1>\n<p><strong>COTA NT is the Peak Body for seniors in the Northern Territory and is dedicated to promoting the well-being of senior Territorians aged 50 years and over. First incorporated in the Northern Territory in 1969, COTA NT has represented the interests of senior Territorians within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cota.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COTA movement<\/a> across Australia for 50 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>COTA NT&#8217;s role<\/h2>\n<p>COTA NT&#8217;s role is to empower older people, those who work with them, government and the community into achieving well-being and social justice for older people. In consultation with its members, COTA NT provides a peak body for senior Territorians and sound policy advice to all levels of government. It maintains a strong NT policy council and ensures accessibility to senior Territorians. It promotes (and delivers) seniors&#8217; activities including funded and non-funded programs, Seniors Expo and NT Seniors Month; and it takes a leading position in age discrimination with a positive staffing policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>How COTA NT does it<\/h2>\n<p>COTA NT sits on the Minister\u2019s Advisory Council for Senior Territorians and connects with groups in the Territory and across Australia to bring about positive social change and continually raise awareness of the impact senior Australians make to Australian life.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-89007 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-89007 { --fg-gutter: 20px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-left fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-small fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade fg-hover-eye\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-89007\" 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class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/12\/VolunteeringSANTmembershiptile\/3075340032.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/vsant.org.au\/\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loaded\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/World-Elder-Abuse-Awareness-Support.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"105938\" data-caption-title=\" \" data-caption-desc=\" \" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2024\/12\/World-Elder-Abuse-Awareness-Support\/2416747190.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ACNC_Registered_Charity_Tick.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51873  alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ACNC_Registered_Charity_Tick-150x150.png\" alt=\"ACNC Registered Charity Tick\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ACNC_Registered_Charity_Tick-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ACNC_Registered_Charity_Tick.png 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>DGR and charitable status<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>COTA NT is an incorporated Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status (as Council on the Ageing (Northern Territory) Inc.)<\/li>\n<li>COTA NT is registered with the Australian Charities &amp; Nonprofits Commission CAN\u00a086316991800<\/li>\n<li>ABN\u00a086 316 991 800<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Page updated December 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About COTA NT COTA NT is the Peak Body for seniors in the Northern Territory and is dedicated to promoting the well-being of senior 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