ACOSS Reports & Submissions

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Briefing note: Future cuts to ERO supplementation

Apr 2019

Submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Social & Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health

Apr 2019

Minimum Wage Submission 2019

Mar 2019

Submission to the Social Security Commission Bill

Mar 2019

Letter to Leader of the Opposition re Cashless Debit Card & Income Management

Feb 2019

Budget Priorities Statement 2019-20

Feb 2019

Submission to ParentsNext Inquiry

Feb 2019

Affordable clean energy for people on low incomes

Feb 2019

Submission to the Expert Review of the Vocational Education and Training Sector

Jan 2019

Submission to the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018

Jan 2019

Submission on the implications of removing refundable franking credits

Nov 2018

Submission into Legislative exemptions that allow faith-based educational institutions to discriminate against students, teachers and staff

Nov 2018

Letter to Prime Minister regarding anti-discrimination exemptions and other issues

Nov 2018

Joint briefing note: Australian Digital Inclusion Index

Oct 2018

Annual Report 2017-18

Oct 2018

Poverty in Australia 2018

Oct 2018

Energy stressed in Australia: a joint report with Brotherhood of St Laurence

Oct 2018

Voices of Unemployment

Oct 2018

Submission to the proposed amendments to the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017

Oct 2018

ACOSS submission to the Inquiry on Intergenerational Welfare

Sep 2018

Submission into the appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of jobactive

Sep 2018

Supplementary evidence to jobactive inquiry

Sep 2018

Submission on the Terms of Reference to the Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety

Sep 2018

Submissions to My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018

Sep 2018

Submission on Report for Achieving Low Energy Homes: Final draft

Sep 2018

Joint report: Tackling climate change and energy affordability for low-income households

Sep 2018

Analysis of the impact of raising benefit rates

Sep 2018

Faces of unemployment

Sep 2018

Competition Policy and Human Services: Where Theory Meets Practice

Sep 2018

Competition Policy and Human Services: Where Theory Meets Practice - Introductory summary

Sep 2018

Submission on Future Employment Services

Aug 2018

Submission into Charity Fundraising in the 21st Century

Aug 2018

Inequality in Australia 2018 Factsheet

Aug 2018

Inequality in Australia 2018: The causes and profile of income inequality. Supplementary report

Aug 2018

Inequality in Australia 2018

Aug 2018

Submission to National Energy Guarantee Draft Detailed Design for Commonwealth Elements

Jul 2018

Submission to Energy Security Board (ESB) National Energy Guarantee Draft Detailed Design Consultation Paper

Jul 2018

Submission into Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion

Jul 2018

Submission on Constitutional Recognition

Jul 2018

Submission to Select Committee into the Obesity Epidemic in Australia

Jul 2018

History repeats on tax cuts and the Budget

Jun 2018

Submission to Senate Economics Committee on proposed income tax cuts

May 2018

2018 Budget snapshot: Missing in action

May 2018

2018 Budget snapshot: Social Security

May 2018

2018 Budget snapshot: Essential services

May 2018

2018 Budget snapshot: Health and aged care

May 2018

2018 Budget Snapshot: Tax

May 2018

Submission on Drug Testing Trial Bill 2018

Apr 2018

Submission to Senate Foreign Affairs Inquiry into the Sustainable Development Goals

Apr 2018

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018

Apr 2018

Energy bills & energy efficiency: survey of community views

Apr 2018

Briefing note: company tax cuts

Apr 2018

ACOSS submission on the National Energy Guarantee

Mar 2018

Minimum wage submission 2018

Mar 2018

Joint COSS Submission into the Review of the ACNC Legislation

Mar 2018

Policy briefing - drug testing of income support recipients

Mar 2018

Briefing note: Foreign Donations Bill

Mar 2018

Pre-Budget Submission (Budget Priorities Statement) 2018

Feb 2018

Briefing note: Cashless Debit Card bill

Feb 2018

Briefing note: Social Security Bills

Feb 2018

Briefing note: Welfare Reform Bill

Feb 2018

Submission on the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding & Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017

Jan 2018

Submission on Treasury Laws Amendment (National Housing and Homelessness Agreement) Bill 2017

Dec 2017

ACOSS submission to ACCC Retail Electricity Price Inquiry Preliminary Report

Dec 2017

Submission to Social Services Legislation Amendment (Affordable Housing) Bill 2017

Nov 2017

Annual Report 2016-17

Nov 2017

Submission on Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card) Bill 2017

Oct 2017

Strengthening the Medicare Levy to secure the future of the NDIS and other essential universal services

Sep 2017

Submission on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill

Aug 2017

Submission on Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017

Aug 2017

Submission on Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2017

Aug 2017

Joint Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission Consultation: OPCAT and Civil Society

Jul 2017

Empowering disadvantaged households to access affordable, clean energy

Jul 2017

Tax Deductible Gift Recipient Reform Opportunities: Submission to the Treasury

Jul 2017

Submission to Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending Carbon Tax Compensation) Bill 2017

Jul 2017

Submission to Productivity Commission Human Services Inquiry

Jul 2017

Submission to the Inquiry into the Community Development Program

Jun 2017

ACOSS submission to Climate Change Review 2017

Jun 2017

Submission to the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market (Finkel Review)

Jun 2017

Submission to the Minimum Wage Review 2017-18

Mar 2017

Submission on transitional arrangements for Sunday penalty rates changes

Mar 2017

Submission to Centrelink 'robodebt' inquiry

Mar 2017

Submission to the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill 2017

Mar 2017

Budget Priorities Statement 2017

Feb 2017

Submission to the Review of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax

Feb 2017

Submission to the Inquiry into Freedom of Speech in Australia

Jan 2017

Submission to Inquiry into Paid Parental Leave Bill

Jan 2017

Submission to the Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2016

Dec 2016

Australian Development Goals Summit: On the Road to Implementation, Outcomes Report

Dec 2016

Submission to Senate Education and Employment Committee, Youth Jobs PaTH Program Bill 2016

Nov 2016

Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Superannuation (Excess Transfer Balance Tax) Bill 2016 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Superannuation) Bill 2016

Nov 2016

Submission to Inquiry based on AG's report Qualifying for the Disability Support Pension

Nov 2016

Submission to PC Competition in Human Services Preliminary Findings Report

Nov 2016

Submission into the Social Services Legislation (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016

Oct 2016

Poverty in Australia 2016

Oct 2016

Submission to the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016

Sep 2016

Submission to the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016, and the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2016

Sep 2016

Submission to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Bill 2016

Sep 2016

Submission to Inquiry into Treasury Laws Amendment (Income Tax Relief) Bill 2016

Sep 2016

Submission on the Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016

Sep 2016