Media
Poverty & Social Inclusion
Bread and Water Call to Action: Show your support for increase to Newstart
8 May 2013
Join Community Press Conference – 12.00 Thursday May 9, 2013
Redfern Park, Sydney NSW (Chalmers street end, near grand stand) MAP
Bread and water will be supplied to symbolise the meagre existence of... [ Read more ]
Wake up call for the nation: More than 620, 000 people with disability living in poverty
22 March 2013
The Australian Council of Social Service has today released new figures showing 620, 600 people with disability in Australia are living below the conservative, internationally accepted poverty line... [ Read more ]
Turn bipartisan concern for low Newstart into action for an increase
12 January 2013
The Australian Council of Social Service welcomes growing interest from all sides of politics in the urgent need to increase the Newstart Allowance payment, and is calling for bipartisan support to... [ Read more ]
Joint Statement on ACOSS, ACTU and BCA Cooperation
3 December 2012
Today the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA) released a joint statement outlining how the three... [ Read more ]
Census figures a wake-up call for action on affordable housing crisis leading to homelessness
12 November 2012
The Australian Council of Social Service has expressed alarm at new Census data released today showing an increase in the level of homelessness in Australia and called for a concerted national effort... [ Read more ]
National community sector meeting calls for certainty on homelessness funding
30 October 2012
The nations' peak Councils of Social Service have called for a clear Federal Government announcement on future funding for chronically under-funded homelessness services in Australia during a... [ Read more ]
One in eight people living in poverty in Australia: new report
13 October 2012
The Australian Council of Social Service has today released a new report showing poverty in Australia remains a persistent problem with an estimated 2,265,000 people or 12.8% of all people living... [ Read more ]
Major report to reveal poverty is too high in Australia
12 October 2012
MEDIA ALERT
Who: Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO, ACOSS, and representatives from St Vincent de Paul Society, Anglicare Australia, and Salvation Army
When: 11.30am Sunday 14 October 2012
Where: Cabramatta... [ Read more ]
It’s time to raise Newstart to tackle growing inequality in Australia: ACOSS Poverty Report
21 October 2011
The Australian Council of Social Service is calling on the Commonwealth Government to commit to increase income support allowances like Newstart as recommended by the Henry Review, in order to tackle... [ Read more ]
Community sector calls urgent national meeting as budget concerns about ‘welfare reform’ grow
28 April 2011
Leading community service and consumer groups - including Australia's major charities, disability organisations, representatives of single parents, and people who long term unemployed - will meet at... [ Read more ]