Australias Welfare 2011ACOSS urges Government to rethink cuts to sole parents and to lift AllowancesACOSS urges Parliament to stop cuts to sole parentsACOSS 2012-13 Initial Budget AnalysisRobin Hood comes good, except for single parent familiesBudget surplus should not be built on backs of Australia’s poorest families and their childrenUnitingCare Community Elder Abuse National Conference 2012ACOSS welcomes NDIS announcement as long overdueACOSS welcomes roll back of Super tax breaks for very high income earners as step in right directionACOSS Report identifies $8b in Budget savingsWaste not, want not: making room in the Budget for essential servicesAdministration Officer, Marriage and Relationship Education Program, CatholicCareCaseworker, Melanie’s Program – an Out of Home Care (OOHC) Program, CatholicCareFurther evidence time has come to increase low paying income support paymentsACOSS thanks Senator for raising awareness of low paying Newstart AllowanceACOSS calls for responsible debate about social securityStandards Project Worker - National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence (NASASV)ACOSS Post-Budget LunchStates’ moves on climate bad for jobs, families and environmentACOSS applauds Senator living on Newstart to raise awarenessCaseworker, CatholicCare Adoption ServicesBump up Newstart or risk abject povertyACOSS Supplementary Submission on Stronger Futures Legislation2012 Conference papersWho is missing out? Material deprivation and income support paymentsRising poverty in Australia the focus of this week’s ACOSS Annual Conference2012 Community Sector SurveyAboriginal Caseworker - Placement, Preservation and Restoration Program (PPR), CatholicCareACOSS submission to Fair Work Australia on minimum wages 2012Don’t extend a flawed and uproven NT Intervention modelPut your money where your mouth is on dental health reformWayne Swan kick-starts national debate about ‘fair’ sharing of nation’s wealth @ACOSS Conf’ceSupplementary Submission on Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011Fair-Go should be extended to people on income support who are living in povertyNational debate about ‘fair’ sharing of Australia’s wealth long overdueACOSS welcomes extension for Charities and NFP CommissionNational Coalition Calls for Housing Ministry at Cabinet Level to be RetainedProgram Officer - Community Assistance Support Program: Logistics, Red CrossProgram Officer - Delegates, Red CrossImmigration Detention Humanitarian ObserverACOSS 2012 National Conference just around the corner!Relationship and Family Counsellor, CatholiccareManager - Relationship & Family Counselling, CatholiccareImproving community sector effectiveness and efficiency: priorities for reducing red tapeBuilding super on a fair foundation: Reform of the taxation of superannuation contributionsProgram Day 2, ACOSS Conference 2012Program Day 1, ACOSS Conference 2012ACOSS hails means testing of private health insurance rebateSpeaker Information, ACOSS Conference 2012Casual Youth Worker, CatholicCare SydneyApology anniversary: Much good will and hard work, so much more to be doneInvestments in energy efficiency will benefit low income households and social servicesEmergency Relief Handbook 4th editionTowards more efficient and responsive employment services: ACOSS submission to APESAAJoint COSS submission into the Treasury Consultation Paper: A definition of charity.$35 a day is not enough!Analysis of FWA decision on ASU’s Equal Remuneration Order application for community sector workerPolicy priorities for 2012: jobs and servicesCommunity sector welcomes Equal Pay case decisionJoint COSS Submission-response to the Australian Charities and NFP Commission exposure draftSubmission in response to the Treasury Australian Charities and NFP Commission exposure draftACOSS Policy Forum and AGM 2012Income Support Network Meetings 2012Community sector support for constitutional reform recognising rights of Australia’s First PeoplesSubmission to Senate Community Affairs Committee on the Stronger Futures NT InterventionSubmission to the Senate Economics Committee on reform of the tax treatment of super contributionsMacarthur Disability Service - Professional Development ProgramFederal Budget 2012: cut wasteful expenditure, not support for the most needy2012-13 Budget Priority Statement: Recommendations for the Federal Budget. ACOSS Paper 179New Year heralds good and bad news for low income AustraliansACOSS CalendarACOSS Annual ReportACOSS Policy Forum 2011 was a great success!MYEFO hits some targets and misses others: ACOSSOpportunity to cut wasteful tax breaks and poorly targeted spending to balance the Budget: ACOSSCooperation not intervention: a call for a new direction in the Northern TerritoryACOSS calls for fairer tax breaks to be linked to rise in super contributionsACOSS 2012 National ConferenceACOSS National Conference 201285% women but are they equally represented at the top? New Gender AuditGender Audit SurveyCarbon price smaller than predicted as households reach for new online calculatorSocial Inclusion Week (SIW)Equal Pay agreement an historic next step towards fair pay for community sectorCommunity sector welcomes passage of Clean Energy Future PackagePositive pathway to asylum seeker policySubmission to Fair Work Australia: Indicators of Living StandardsSubmission to Fair Work Australia: Indicators of Living Standards, October 2011Making a DifferenceNGO Media Forum 2011It’s time to raise Newstart to tackle growing inequality in Australia: ACOSS Poverty ReportACOSS Poverty Report: It’s time to raise Newstart to tackle growing inequality in AustraliaClean Energy Future bill an historic opportunityCommonwealth Ombudsman National Conference 2011ACOSS energy forumsACOSS calls for clear agenda on tax and transfer reformTax Forum must unite the community around common problems, not divide it over old debatesForum a chance for tax reform the community can supportA fairer, more efficient tax and social security systemACOSS welcomes expert panel on social housing