Who: Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO, ACOSS

When: 2.30PM Friday August 2, 2013

Where: Martin Place, Sydney (Between Elizabeth and Phillip Streets, near Channel 7)

ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie will hold a door stop to respond to the Federal Government’s Economic Statement at 2.30pm today in Martin Place, Sydney (Between Elizabeth and Phillip Streets, near Channel 7).

In a statement issued yesterday, the peak body for Australia’s community welfare sector called on the Commonwealth Government to put people and the community ahead of vested interest groups and make tackling poverty a priority in the economic statement.

Read statement: Budget statement a choice between people in poverty and vested interests

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