Support ACOSS in developing sound policy and undertake effective advocacy on the needs of people affected by poverty, disadvantage and inequality, and to build a strong and sustainable community sector.
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August 2004
ACOSS Info paper 359. Published by ACOSS, 2004.
Includes: Community services. National Competition Policy (NCP) and low-income and disadvantaged Australians. Social benefit and Public Interest Test. Markets, quasi-markets and social welfare.
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 primary interest of ACOSS in the application and impact of National Competition Policy is in relation to improvements or deterioration in the lives of low income and disadvantaged Australians, and improvements or deterioration in the circumstances of community agencies seeking to support low income and disadvantaged Australians.
ACOSS Info paper 359. Includes: Community services. National Competition Policy (NCP) and low-income and disadvantaged Australians. Social benefit and Public Interest Test. Markets, quasi-markets and social welfare.
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.
February 2004
ACOSS submits that there is a need for substantial increases in minimum wages over time to stem growing wage inequality and to enable low paid workers (with the support of the social security system where appropriate) to meet reasonable basic living costs. We respectfully submit that in the short term, the Commission should increase minimum wages so as to ensure that they do not fall any further behind movements in average wage rates. Over the medium-term, we propose that the Commission undertake an inquiry to ascertain an appropriate benchmark for the adequacy of minimum wages.
ACOSS Info paper 355. Includes: National Wage Cases Since 1996. Wage fixation. Social policy. Poverty alleviation. Safety net - minimum wage. Inequality. Growing gap between rich and poor. National Centre for Social and Economic Modeling (NATSEM). The Smith Family. Part time, casual and under-employed workers. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Social security. Employment/unemployment. Distributional impact of changes in minimum wages.
September 2003
This Submission responds to the Government consultation paper "Building a simpler system to help jobless families and individuals" and examines the social security system in Australia today, including current problems and how it could be improved. It discusses proposals to restructure the system to ensure that rates of payment are adequate, re-balance the system of mutual obligation, and improve work incentives. The submission calls for a commitment for a major overhaul of the social security system.
ACOSS Paper 129. Fairness and flexibility: reform of workforce age social security payments in Australias. Mutual obligation. Payment categories & activity requirements.
Includes: Labour market. Caring & family. Disability & health. Housing stress. Objectives for reform. Payment structure. Payments or tax credits. Adequacy of payments. Targeting of payments. Poverty trap
August 2003
ACOSS Info paper 347. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Australian tax rates compared to other OECD nations. Social security. Community services. Australian comparative expenditure on health, education and social welfare. Taxation loopholes. Henderson Poverty Line. 'Bracket Creep'. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Benefit traps. Income splitting. Negative gearing. Taxation upon low-income/marginalized Australians.
August 2003
ACOSS Info paper 351. Published by ACOSS.
Includes: Public opinion and taxation. Ray Morgan Research. Newspoll. Australian Community Research (1998). Social Policy Research. Wilson and Breutsch research. AC Nielson survey (2003). Fairness and taxation.
August 2003
ACOSS Info paper 352. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Lack of affordable housing. Boom and bust cycles of the property market. Capital gains tax. Negative gearing. Speculative borrowing/debt. Increasing the attainability of low-rental housing. Social housing. Rent Assistance. Regional development. Land taxes.
August 2003
ACOSS Info paper 345. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Middle/high-income Australian's receiving welfare. Budget waste on Aged Persons Tax Rebate, Private Health Insurance Rebate, Tax trusts, private companies, the Baby Bonus and capital gains tax.