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National ACOSS Board congratulates passing of historic Act of Aboriginal Recognition
15 February 2013
At a full Board meeting in Sydney today , the Australian Council of Social Service praised the passing of important legislation through Federal Parliament this week, which takes us a step closer... [ Read more ]
$4.8m cuts will severely hurt vulnerable children and families in the NT
6 December 2012
The Australian Council of Social Service today expressed deep alarm at the Northern Territory Government's decision to cut nearly $5m to the community sector, adding this will severely impact on the... [ Read more ]
Wrong way, go back: Communities seek a change of direction on income management
29 June 2012
Peak welfare bodies the Australian Council of Social Service and the National Welfare Rights Network and grass roots community groups are disturbed by the entrenchment of Income Management in the... [ Read more ]
Groups applaud Queensland Government’s move to pull out of punitive and wasteful truants scheme
18 June 2012
The Queensland Government should be applauded for its decision to withdraw from a Commonwealth scheme that punishes families by suspending the welfare payments of parents of truant children, say peak... [ Read more ]
Don’t extend a flawed and uproven NT Intervention model
15 March 2012
The Australian Council of Social Service has today called on the Commonwealth Government not to extend the flawed and unproven Northern Territory Intervention model, and instead to engage with local... [ Read more ]
Apology anniversary: Much good will and hard work, so much more to be done
13 February 2012
The peak body for Australia's community and social services sector, ACOSS, is marking today's anniversary of the Commonwealth Government's Apology to the Stolen Generation by urging all levels of... [ Read more ]
Cooperation not intervention: a call for a new direction in the Northern Territory
23 November 2011
Aboriginal peak bodies, community welfare and public health groups from around the country are calling for a new direction in policies affecting Aboriginal Australians based on cooperation, not... [ Read more ]
Latest report on Indigenous disadvantage mirrors ACOSS findings
25 August 2011
The peak national community services body, ACOSS, says the latest report on Indigenous disadvantage mirrors its own findings showing that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are grossly... [ Read more ]
Invest in case management for long-term unemployed, not ‘wasteful’ income quarantining: ACOSS
10 March 2011
The peak body for the community welfare sector today welcomed Opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey's call for closer case management to better support long-term unemployed people into work, but... [ Read more ]
Peak community body supports calls for overhaul of NT intervention
17 November 2010
The Australian Council of Social Service has offered its full support for the call by the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the... [ Read more ]