Have Your Say

We are seeking your feedback on the Data Access Agreements for the:

• Department of Corrections
• Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development.

Submissions can be made by organisations and individuals who are impacted by the proposed changes to information sharing, including:

• organisations and individual practitioners who work with children and families at the attention of DCF 
• individuals, families and communities that have experience with child protection services, responses and investigations
• other individuals and organisations with an interest in child protection and child safety in the Northern Territory
• Northern Territory residents generally.

We welcome your views on the proposed changes. Please feel free to share case examples from your organisation or your own experience that illustrate the points raised in your submission. If you do provide examples, please ensure that individuals are not identified or easily identifiable.

You can have your say by:

• simply typing your feedback into the website text box, without attaching any formal document; or 
• uploading a written submission.

For any queries about how to make a submission, please contact TFHC.DataAccessAgreements@nt.gov.au.

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) values your privacy and adheres to the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) of the Information Act 2002. Submissions received will be used by DCF for the public consultation process for the Changes to Information Sharing Project. 

We encourage anonymous submissions to avoid the collection of personal information. However, if you choose to provide personal information, you will be considered to have consented to its collection and understand that DCF may contact you. 

Any personal information provided will be de-identified before circulation or use in the project, unless we are legally required to disclose it. 

You have the right to access or correct any personal information we hold about you. For more information please refer to our Privacy Policy, or contact the Legal and FOI Unit at DCF on (08) 8999 2602.