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April 2005
Address by ACOSS President Andrew McCallum to Melbourne Institute - The Australian ‘Sustaining Prosperity' conference, March 2005
ACOSS Info paper 39. Includes: Social security. 'Welfare dependency'. Unemployment. Employment. Jobseekers. Welfare reform. Workforce participation. Training. Job Network. Sole parents. People with disabilities. Social Security Appeals Tribunal.
April 2005
Ministers are examining over dollar of new "welfare reform" spending to help jobless people into work. Yet $12 billion is being wasted on tax breaks concessions and subsidies to well-off people who don't need them, and to uncapped programs that will eventually inflate the cost of essential health and child care services for all Australians. The cost of these tax breaks and concessions will continue to rise in future if they are not abolished or trimmed back. In particular, the cost of wasteful tax breaks for superannuation for high income earners and for well off retired people will rise exponentially as the population ages.
ACOSS Info paper 372. Includes: Budget waste on tax cuts. Tax breaks for high income earners. Private health insurance rebate. Capital gains tax (CGT). Superannuation tax breaks. Fringe benefits tax (FBT). Termination payments. Tax breaks for well-off older Australians. Child care rebate.
February 2005
This year's budget is being framed in a period of prosperity for the Australian economy and for those who enjoy good jobs and incomes. Economic growth has been strong for most of the last decade. People with significant assets have enjoyed rising property and share values. Skilled workers have enjoyed significant wage rises and promotions. Yet many people still live and many of our basic services operate in prosperity's shadow.
ACOSS Paper 137. Includes: Taxation. Taxation recommendations. Indigenous communities. Employment, education & training. Income support. Housing. Rural & remote communities. Community services. Health. Law & justice. Community Legal Centres. Unemployment. Oral Health. Mental Health. Community-based health care. Services for families & children. Indigenous reconciliation & rights.
June 2004
The ACOSS Budget Briefing Kit 2004-05 is a summary of key measures likely to be of most interest to the community services sector because they impact directly or indirectly on low income and disadvantaged people. It contains minimal commentary. The Kit focuses on new policy measures.
(Blueprint For A Fairer Australia), ACOSS Paper 134. Published by ACOSS, 2004. Includes: Taxation. Indigenous communities. Employment, education & training. Income support. Housing. Rural & remote communities. Community services. Health. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Law & justice. Community Legal Centres.
June 2004
The ACOSS Budget Briefing Kit 2004-05 is a summary of key measures likely to be of most interest to the community services sector because they impact directly or indirectly on low income and disadvantaged people. It contains minimal commentary. The Kit focuses on new policy measures.
ACOSS Paper 134. Includes: Taxation. Taxation recommendations. Indigenous communities. Employment, education & training. Income support. Housing. Rural & remote communities. Community services. Health. Law & justice. Community Legal Centres. Unemployment. Oral Health. Mental Health. Community-based health care. Services for families & children. Indigenous reconciliation & rights.
August 2003
(Piecing it Together) ACOSS Paper 126. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Taxation. Indigenous communities. Employment, education & training. Social security. Migrant & refugee access to social security. Housing. Rural & remote communities. Rural services. Community services. Emergency relief. Health. Mental health. Law & justice. Asylum seekers.
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.