INCOME MANAGEMENT TO BRING BACK RATIONS SYSTEM

11 March 2010

ACOSS has expressed deep disappointment that a Senate Committee Inquiry examining a national income management scheme has failed to recommend against the introduction of a policy that will cause... [ Read more ]

Clare Martin, Address to the 2010 Dame Roma Mitchell Memorial Lunch

11 March 2010

The 2010 Dame Roma Mitchell Memorial Lunch
Melbourne
Thursday 11 March 2009

Thank you to the Victorian Women Lawyers and the Law Institute of Victoria for the invitation to present at the 2010 Dame... [ Read more ]

Income Management Scheme to Penalise Low-Income Australians

26 February 2010

The federal government is set to roll-out a wasteful and highly bureaucratic scheme that will cost taxpayers millions of dollars and will exacerbate not address social problems say national... [ Read more ]

Homelessness Targets Should be a Cross-Party Priority

16 February 2010

ACOSS has called on all parties to affirm their support for the Federal Government's targets and strategy to reduce homelessness.

ACOSS welcomed the homelessness targets when they were announced in... [ Read more ]

Community services :  A crucial lifeline for Australians in the downturn

15 February 2010

Community and welfare organisations provided crucial support to keep struggling Australians afloat during the financial crisis, reports ACOSS' Australian Community Sector Survey 2010.

Surveyed... [ Read more ]

ACOSS Welcomes Proposals to Strengthen Not-For Profit Sector

11 February 2010

ACOSS welcomes the release of the Productivity Commission's final report on the contribution of the not-for profit sector and calls on the federal government to implement key reforms including the... [ Read more ]

Weekly Centrelink payments will help homeless Australians

10 February 2010

Disadvantaged Australians will have better access to Centrelink payments with legislation introduced to Parliament today by the Minister for Families and Community Services, Jenny Macklin, giving... [ Read more ]

Medicare-Levy to help pay for Ageing Population : ACOSS

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... [ Read more ]