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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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.
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).
January 1970
ACOSS has consistently called in its minimum wage submissions for Fair Work Australia to undertake and review research into measures of relative living standards as a guide to its decisions on minimum wages.