1 February 2010
ACOSS has called for two measures to free-up billions of dollars to pay for the skyrocketing costs of future health, aged care and disability services - introducing a Medicare-levy supplement and scrapping inequitable tax breaks for seniors.
The 2010 Intergenerational Report released today... [ Read more ]
22 December 2009
The Federal Government should immediately halt its plans to expand compulsory income management across Australia, and instead redirect funding to programs that address social problems and disadvantage, a coalition of national community organisations have said in a public statement released... [ Read more ]
8 February 2010
Submission to Senate Community Affairs Committee
In this submission ACOSS argues that the proposed extension of compulsory income management to affected income support recipients across the country would represent a major shift in Australian social security policy. In a clear extension beyond... [ Read more ]
7 January 2010
This joint submission from the Councils of Social Service network is in response to the Commonwealth Government's Exposure Draft Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010. The submission outlines some key issues of principle that are important in establishing identifiers in the new e-health system and... [ Read more ]
