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Hosted by MC Jamila Rizvi, the ACOSS Post Budget Event is the key annual event for civil society and the community services sector, providing a space for attendees to receive briefings on key budget measures and their likely impacts on people experiencing poverty and inequality. The event will provide the opportunity for the sector to […]

The workshop comes in the wake of a series of momentous changes to income supports, social security, and employment services in Australia. These include the introduction of Workforce Australia and points-based activation in July, coupled with the recent end of the Cashless Debit Card program and the announcement of an ongoing Parliamentary inquiry into Australia’s […]

Please join us for the launch of the Community Sector Blueprint on minimum energy efficiency standards. The federal, state and territory governments have committed to develop a National Framework for Minimum Energy Efficiency Rental Requirements. To inform this work the community, housing, building and energy efficiency sectors have come together to develop a Community Sector Blueprint: […]

Over the past 30 years, Australia has experimented with using markets to provide human services. After much trial and error, there are still fundamental questions to be answered about whether a market model can genuinely deliver improved personal outcomes for people, especially those who experience poverty, disadvantage and hardship. At the same time, the search […]

Monday 15 May 2023 Location: Aerial UTS Function Centre, Building 10, Level 7/235 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007 The ACOSS Post Budget Event is the key annual event for civil society and the community services sector, providing a space for attendees to receive briefings on key budget measures and their likely impacts on people experiencing […]

The Australian Council of Social Service, Ai Group, the Energy Efficiency Council, and the Property Council of Australia collectively seek to advance the potential for demand-side measures in the energy system to lower bills, reduce emissions, improve equity and energy security, improve business competitiveness, and accelerate the transition to a net zero economy. On Tuesday, […]

ACOSS is excited to present this next installment in our ACOSS Policy Webinar Series for 2023, which will take a deep dive into the recent Robodebt Royal Commission report. Register to hear analysis of the report and explore priorities for reform. The discussion will focus in depth on the implications of the Royal Commission’s report for the administration of social security, […]

In this installment of the ACOSS Policy Webinar Series, we will delve into the findings and recommendations of the major Parliamentary inquiry into employment services chaired by Labor MP Julian Hill. After a year and a half of submissions and hearings, the inquiry is set to conclude at the end of November. Julian Hill MP will […]

Community attitudes are an important part of building support for policy reform to reduce poverty and inequality. This webinar will present the results of a recent survey of the Australian public undertaken as part of the UNSW-ACOSS Poverty and Inequality Partnership. We will be joined by Mark Chenery, an expert in values-based messaging and communications and […]

If governments remain committed to mutual obligation, there is a need to ensure that people who use employment services can make meaningful choices about how they look for jobs. Join this webinar to hear from Dorte Caswell, Professor in Social Work at Department for Sociology and Social Work at Aalborg University (Denmark), who will reflect on how co-production has […]

Dedicated to shaping awareness of social welfare issues, the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW Sydney places a strong emphasis on research in areas such as poverty, inequality, wellbeing, and justice. Through a concentrated approach grounded in research and practical impact, this specialised short course examines the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality. It […]

The ACOSS Post Budget Event is the key annual event for civil society and the community services sector, providing a space for attendees to receive briefings on key budget measures and their likely impacts on people experiencing poverty and inequality. The event facilitates the opportunity for the community sector to engage in conversation following the release […]