Each year ACOSS prepares numerous submissions to the Federal Government. We also undertake research and produce reports on policy areas that impact disadvantaged Australians. The latest ACOSS submissions and topical papers appear below as downloadable links.
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August 2003
ACOSS Paper 128. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Taxation. Employment, education & training, Housing affordability. Regional development. Health. Medicare. Community Services. Rural & remote communities. Drought assistance. Law & Justice. Indigenous communities. Centrelink.
June 2003
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Poverty & Financial Hardship), ACOSS Paper 127. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Anti-poverty strategies in Europe. Strategies to reduce poverty. Recommendations. Poverty in Australia. Persistence of poverty. Inequality & poverty. Living standards studies. Measuring poverty. Unemployment. Low wages. Income support. Health. Housing. Indigenous disadvantage.
May 2003
ACOSS Info paper 346. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Joblessness. Employment/unemployment. McClure report. Welfare reform. Family Tax Benefit. Youth Allowance. Child Care Benefit. Poverty. Henderson Poverty Line. Social Security. Australians Working Together Package. Base rates of payment. Rent Assistance. Gaps in the safety net. Income tests. Mutual obligation.
March 2003
ACOSS Info paper 326. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: National Wage cases. Wage fixation. Social security system. Decentralised wage bargaining. Minimum wage. Inequality. Poverty. Social security policy. UNICEF. Child poverty. Part-time, casual and under-employed workers. Child care costs. Social Policy Research Centre.
March 2003
This study reveals a serious imbalance in the debate over Australia's family payments system. It shows that family assistance payments fail to rise in keeping with the higher cost of caring for older children and consequently many low-income families with teenage children are at risk of deeper poverty than young families.
ACOSS Info paper 344. Includes: Family Assistance System. Child Poverty. Joblessness/unemployment. Family Allowance Supplement. Sole parents. Rent Assistance. Costs associated with caring for older children. Social Policy Research centre. Youth Allowance. Financial dependence amongst young people. National Centre for Social and Economic Modeling (NATSEM).
February 2003
ACOSS Info paper 325. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Joblessness. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Employment. Hidden unemployment. Underemployment. Unemployment benefit. Casualisation of the labour market. Customised assistance (CA). Social security payments. Personal Support Program (PSP). Education. National Youth Service Transition Service. Apprenticeships and traineeships.
January 1970
This submission focuses on several areas that are key to the relationship between the Australian government and the not-for-profit community sector. These include:
The submission discusses some of the key issues facing ACOSS members and their clients in these respects. It is written from the perspective of the not-for-profit community and social service sectors and is based on our extensive experience working with Australian government administration.
January 1970
Community and welfare organisations provided crucial support to keep struggling Australians afloat during the financial crisis, reports ACOSS' Australian Community Sector Survey 2010.
Surveyed organisations provided services to Australians on 4.3 million occasions in 2008-09, an increase of 4% on the previous year.
Young people, sole parents and Indigenous Australians were among the groups with the highest need for services. There were over half a million requests for help from people needing youth employment and youth welfare services during the year.
The Australian Community Sector Survey is the only annual survey providing an overview of the non-profit community services and welfare sector.
In 2008-09 surveyed organisations provided services to Australians on 4.3 million occasions in 2008-09, an increase of 4% on the previous year.
The report provides information on service use, income, expenditure and workforce issues for the community services and welfare sector. The 2009 survey covers the financial year 2008-09 and had 582 survey respondents.
