Media Releases
Budget cuts needed to clear the decks for NDIS, dental care and other priorities
22 October 2012
ACOSS has today welcomed cuts to poorly targeted programs as essential to make way for spending in key priorities like support for people with disabilities and national dental care.
"Changes to the... [ Read more ]
One in eight people living in poverty in Australia: new report
13 October 2012
The Australian Council of Social Service has today released a new report showing poverty in Australia remains a persistent problem with an estimated 2,265,000 people or 12.8% of all people living... [ Read more ]
Major report to reveal poverty is too high in Australia
12 October 2012
MEDIA ALERT
Who: Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO, ACOSS, and representatives from St Vincent de Paul Society, Anglicare Australia, and Salvation Army
When: 11.30am Sunday 14 October 2012
Where: Cabramatta... [ Read more ]
No Budget surplus on the back of single parents and their children!
8 October 2012
MEDIA ALERTWho: Cassandra Goldie, CEO, ACOSS, and Terese Edwards, CEO, National Council of Single Mothers & their Children
Press conference and rally by single mothers groups
When: 11am Tuesday, 9... [ Read more ]
Welfare groups and human rights lawyers appeal to UN to prevent damaging sole parent payment cuts
5 October 2012
Leading Australian community welfare groups and human rights experts have sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights to prevent the... [ Read more ]
Mind the Gap: People on Newstart falling further behind
20 September 2012
The Australian Council of Social Service is urging the Federal Government to move to index allowance payments such as Newstart to wage movements to prevent people from falling into worsening poverty.... [ Read more ]
Community sector applauds proposal to legislate to ban gag-clauses
19 September 2012
The peak body of Australia's community welfare sector, ACOSS, today applauded moves by the Federal Government to legislate to ban gag-clauses in Commonwealth contracts with the community and not for... [ Read more ]
Community sector directors ‘overwhelmingly’ back Not For Profit regulator
17 September 2012
The peak national and state and territory bodies for Australia's community welfare sector, today put their full support behind the establishment of a national regulator for the not-for-profit sector,... [ Read more ]