Factsheets & Briefing Notes

ACOSS Briefing Note, September 2024 – ‘Why JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and related payments need to increase’

ACOSS Briefing Note, August 2024 – ‘The Squeeze’

ACOSS Briefing Note, July 2024: Analysis of Targeted Compliance Framework
Data Q1 2024

ACOSS Briefing Note, July 2024: Why the Remote Area Allowance needs to increase

ACOSS Briefing Note, May 2024: Impact of major Budget cost-of-living measures on different households

ACOSS Briefing Note, May 2024: Alternatives to $300 electricity bill rebate to provide energy relief for those most in need

ACOSS Briefing Note, March 2024: ACOSS Brief on Employment Services Reform

ACOSS Briefing Note, October 2023: People at the Centre of Clean Energy Package

ACOSS Briefing Note, December 2021: A Guarantee to the Nation

ACOSS Action Plan, January 2020: Responding to the National Bushfire Crisis

ACOSS Briefing Note, December 2019: ACOSS Retirement Review brief for members

ACOSS Briefing Note, December 2019: Demand for Community Services Snapshot

Accessible version.

ACOSS Briefing Note, November 2019: Payment Integrity Bill.

ACOSS Briefing Note, October 2019: Raise the Rate key messages and stats for Anti-Poverty Week

ACOSS Briefing Note, August 2019: Social Housing Investment as Infrastructure

ACOSS Briefing Note, July 2019: Deeming rates explained

ACOSS Briefing Note, June 2019: The proposed Commonwealth Data Sharing Legislation and Consumer Data Right

ACOSS Briefing Note, June 2019: Energy prices hurt low-income families the most

ACOSS Briefing Note, June 2019: Boosting growth – tax cuts on payments and services? 

ACOSS Briefing Note, June 2019: Tax cuts – who gains, and what do they cost?

ACOSS Briefing Note, June 2019: The uncertain future of essential services

ACOSS Briefing Note, May 2019: 2019 Election Policy Tracker

ACOSS Briefing Note, May 2019: 2019 Federal Election

ACOSS Briefing Note, May 2019: Let’s be frank about franking credits

ACOSS Briefing Note, April 2019: Future cuts to ERO supplementation

ACOSS Briefing Note, February 2019: Advocacy and the Federal Election

ACOSS Briefing Note, November 2018: Electoral Act changes

ACOSS Briefing Note, October 2018: Commissioning and getting better outcomes: Principles and practice

ACOSS & Infoxchange Joint Briefing Note, October 2018: Joint briefing note: Australian Digital Inclusion Index 

ACOSS Briefing Note, June 2018: History repeats on tax cuts and the Budget

ACOSS Briefing Note, April 2018: Company Tax Cuts

ACOSS Briefing Note, March 2018: Drug Testing of Income Support Recipients

ACOSS Briefing Note, March 2018: Foreign Donations Bill

ACOSS Briefing Note, February 2018: Welfare Reform Bill

ACOSS Briefing Note, February 2018: Social Security bills

ACOSS Briefing Note, February 2018: Cashless Debit Card bill

ACOSS Briefing, November 2017: Tax treatment of private trusts

ACOSS Briefing, October 2017: A future for all children: Addressing child poverty in Australia

ACOSS Snapshot, June 2017: Drug testing of income support recipients: comparison of NZ model with proposed Australian trial

ACOSS Snapshot, May 2017: Social security spending

ACOSS Fact Sheet, March 2017: Fact sheet on privacy and senate inquiries

ACOSS Briefing, February 2017: Omnibus Bill

ACOSS Briefing, January 2017: Information on Centrelink’s automated debt recovery program

ACOSS Briefing, January 2017: Pension changes

ACOSS Policy Briefing, December 2016: Summary of major MYEFO measures 2016

ACOSS Policy Briefing, October 2016: The Government’s super reforms: How to ensure super works for all, not only the well-off

ACOSS Policy Briefing, September 2016: Spending and reliance on income support payments

ACOSS Policy Briefing, August 2016: Removal of the Energy Supplement

ACOSS Policy Briefing, May 2016: Youth Jobs PaTH program

ACOSS Policy Briefing, April 2016: The case for tax reform – Stamp Duties and Land Tax

ACOSS Policy Briefing, April 2016: The case for tax reform: Personal Income Taxes

ACOSSACOSS Policy Briefing, November 2015: Reform of child care and family payments