Australian Council of Social Service

Do you lead a national community sector organisation or professional association? Are you passionate about driving innovation and strategic action? You are warmly invited to be a part of an exciting initiative convened by ACOSS in partnership with the Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA).

ACOSS will be hosting quarterly Income Support Network Meetings via teleconference to collaborate and discuss developments in regard to our work on advocating increases to income support allowances and improving employment assistance fro unemployed people across Australia.

Close the Gap is an Indigenous-led coalition campaign consisting of more than 40 Indigenous and non-Indigenous health, human rights & community organisations. The campaign's goal is to achieve health equality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation. National Close the Gap Day is an annual event which enables people and organisations across Australia to demonstrate their support for achieving Indigenous health equality through hosting a National Close the Gap Day event in their home, community, workplace or school.

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ACOSS will be hosting a post-budget community sector luncheon to evaluate the implications of the 2012 budget on the community sector in the year to come.

The annual ACOSS Policy Forum will be held on Friday the 9th of November from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.