ACOSS Policy Webinar Series: Reducing long-term unemployment
Free
For years, Australian governments have under-invested in impactful employment services, and instead have over-invested in compliance systems and penalties affecting people on unemployment payments. We know recessions cast long shadows, and it will be hard to reduce unemployment much further when over 800,000 people (three quarters of those on unemployment payments) are unemployed long-term*. Once […]
Australian Social Policy Conference Session – UNSW/ACOSS Poverty and Inequality Partnership presents: Poverty and inequality in the Covid crisis
Register for free here Date: Thursday 4 November Time: 02.00PM–04.00PM Chair: Dr Yuvisthi Naidoo, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre Session overview The Covid crisis has been associated with dramatic changes to the incomes of Australian families. In 2020, lockdowns led to job losses, while household incomes were supported by wage subsidies and income support supplements. In 2021, these […]
ACOSS Housing and Homelessness Policy Network
(ACOSS National Members and Councils of Social Service Only) To find out more and register email [email protected]
ACOSS AGM
2021 ACOSS AGM (virtual) Date: Monday, 8 November 2021 Time: 3:00 PM AEDT Location: Zoom At the meeting, members will have the opportunity to: hear about and ask questions of ACOSS; hear the Returning Officer’s Report and Election Results; contribute to discussion as per the agenda; vote on any resolutions proposed. At the meeting, members will be asked […]
COP26 & Australian leadership on climate
Join the leaders of peak bodies from across Australia for an online event focusing on Australian and international climate action. Australia has a lot at stake in the global effort to limit climate change, and the pursuit of that goal is reshaping public policy and private action today. With world leaders, diplomats and civil society […]
ACOSS Health Policy Network
(ACOSS National Members and Councils of Social Service Only). To find out more and register email [email protected]
ACOSS Tax Policy Network
(ACOSS National Members and Councils of Social Service Only). To find out more and register email [email protected]
ACOSS Media and Communications Network
(ACOSS National Members and Councils of Social Service Only). To find out more and register email [email protected]
ACOSS Climate and Energy Policy Network
(ACOSS National Members and Councils of Social Service Only). To find out more and register email [email protected]
ACOSS Policy Webinar: Uluru Statement from the Heart
Free
CLICK TO REGISTER At the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, the Uluru Statement from the Heart was created with three key steps to achieve structural reform: Voice, Treaty, and Truth. The next steps in the campaign are paramount, as is the support from the community sector. With a looming federal election, the Uluru Statement from the […]
ourPower Launch: a vision for clean, affordable, dependable energy
Free
Join us for the launch of ourPower: a vision for clean, affordable, dependable energy for all. ourPower is a statement by energy users about the future we want and a basis for working together with industry and governments to get there. ourPower is a tool that can be used to guide the development of public […]
ACOSS Member Budget Literacy Training
Are you participating in the Federal Budget process for the first time? Do you need a refresher on how to read the Budget Papers? Join us for our Member Budget Literacy Training. This online workshop will look at how to read and analyse the Budget Papers, as well as how the Budget is likely to […]