Wednesday 25 May 2022

Community Contributions - the Sector responds to Election result

  • SNAICC – National Voice for our Children
  • The Uluru Statement from the Heart campaign
  • Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA)
  • Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
  • Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
  • Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA)
  • Community Colleges Australia
  • National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
  • Change the Record
  • Anglicare Australia
  • Children's Ground
  • The Lowitja Institute 
  • Early Childhood Australia (ECA)
  • Suicide Prevention Australia
  • Mental Health Australia

Community Conversations

National Reconciliation Week 2022 - 27 May to 27 June

The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a challenge to all Australians— individuals, families, communities, organisations and government—to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians.

Last year Reconciliation Australia encouraged all Australians to take action; not just in National  Reconciliation Week but every week of the year.

This year Reconciliation Australia are asking everyone to make change beginning with brave actions in their daily lives – where they live, work, play and socialise.

National Reconciliation Week—27 May to 3 June—is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

#NRW2022 #BeBraveMakeChange

Find out more about National Reconciliation Week

Gender diverse, Victorian and NSW young people and students most severely impacted by pandemic

Today Mission Australia and Orygen released the Clusters of COVID-19 Impact: Identifying the impact of COVID-19 on Young Australians in 2021 – revealing the alarming impact of the once-in-a-hundred-year pandemic with data analysed from Mission Australia’s 2021 Youth Survey – an annual Australia wide survey of more than 20,000 young people aged 15-19 years. The report found gender-diverse young people, those living in Victoria and NSW, and students have reported higher proportions of negative impacts from COVID-19 on various aspects of their lives including mental health, according to a new report from Orygen and Mission Australia.

Read more here

Winners crowned in a celebration of Australia’s nurses and midwives for 2022 HESTA Awards

HESTA is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 HESTA Nursing & Midwifery Awards, recognising nurses, midwives, researchers and personal care workers for their outstanding work to provide exceptional care and improve health outcomes:

  • Sue Hegarty from Ovarian Cancer Australia was crowned Nurse of the Year for her exceptional advocacy and support for women with ovarian cancer.
  • Melanie Briggs, Director and Founder of Binjilaanii, the first Aboriginal-led maternity model of care in Australia, was awarded Midwife of the Year for her work to improve First Nations’ maternal and infant health.
  • Beaudesert Hospital Maternity took out the gong for Outstanding Organisation for their commitment to improving the health and safety of women and babies in rural Queensland by providing high-quality maternity services to the local community.
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Community Sector Events

  • Join The Australian Institute for 'Politics in the Pub: What Happened.....Federal Election Review' an in depth discussion by an incredible panel of journalists to provide their expertise, perspective and insight on what just happened, how we got here and where we are going - tonight, 25 May 2022 - Click here to learn more
  • Join Reconciliation Australia’s RAP general manager Peter Morris, as he takes you through how your organisation can create and implement a meaningful Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Be guided through a step by step approach to ensuring it is brave, consultative and making change - 26 May 2022 - Click here to register and learn more

  • Wagga Wagga City Council will be holding a ceremony to acknowledge Sorry Day on Thursday 26th May 2022. Every year on 26 May, National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’ - 26 May 2022 - Click here to register and learn more
  • Rhys Paddick is the co-founder of Acknowledge This! His work builds on his experience as an Aboriginal educator to facilitate robust and genuine conversations amongst friends, strangers, and everyone in between — to bring them along on the journey of change. Join this UTS Centre of Social Justice and Inclusion webinar and hear Rhys as he walks through his personal journey, explaining how we can use our good intentions to integrate modern and traditional cultures to create a third culture: people culture - 3 June 2022 - Click here to learn more and to register

Community Sector Resources

  • Support National Reconciliation Week 2022 by downloading the #NRW2022 digital resources for your web, social, or desktop. Click here to access the resources
  • This year for Refugee Week (19-25 June), the Refugee Council of Australia is excited to have a partnership with Canva, who have created a range of templates to use on social media, for events, video messaging and others - including email signatures and Zoom backgrounds. Click here to learn more and download the resources

COSS Corner

The latest news from State and Territory Councils of Social Service

Join Richard Eccleston and the TasCOSS policy team live in conversation to unpack the nitty-gritty of the 2022/23 State Budget. This post-budget online event is free for TasCOSS Members and will feature a presentation from renowned political researcher and commentator Professor Richard Eccleston (Institute for Social Change, University of Tasmania), as well as further analysis on the impact of the budget on community services from TasCOSS. Register now for the post-budget policy conversation!

QCOSS has announced an incredible line-up of speakers and panel events for their 2022 Conference, which will explore Power and Politics of the Care Economy. Speakers include advocate and 2021 Australian of the Year, Grace Tame, journalist and best-selling author Amy Remeikis and Queensland Human Rights Commissioner Scott McDougall. Check out the full program here: absoluteevents.eventsair.com/qcoss/programme

NTCOSS welcomes the appointment of the new NT Government Ministers announced earlier today. These appointments are not only a reflection of the diversity from across the Territory, but also see the welcome appointment of a senior minister from the Central Australian region. Click here to learn more.

Low Pay Report 2022, released by WACOSS and UnionsWA, explores the area of low-wage work in WA. With Cost of Living pressures rising, the report found that significant financial stress is significantly impacting low-waged workers who are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing prices for basic necessities, and feeling the impact of slow wage growth.

With the SA State Budget due to be handed down soon, SACOSS will be analysing the budget measures, and the new state government’s plans for the year ahead, and how they answer the critical need to ensure that more South Australians can adequately cover the basics. Our advocacy in the critical areas of rental affordability, digital inclusion, water security, fairer concessions, and public health, will continue.  

Join the NCOSS Post-Budget Breakfast (hybrid event) hosted by Ashley Raper. Following the release of the 2022-23 NSW Budget, hear from our political leaders on their priorities at this important time: what the budget means for those in NSW doing it toughest and what it means for our over-stretched sector. Click here for more information and to register.

ACTCOSS shares the hope of ACOSS in welcoming the opportunities for change presented by the incoming Labor Government. The new government has a renewed mandate to address the community’s major concerns and reduce income inequality, solve the housing crisis, take action on climate change, meaningfully support self-determination of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, and do away with unaffordable tax cuts. Click here to read more.

Federation Square became a bit more deadly last week with the opening of The Balit Durn Durn Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing. VCOSS extends it's huge congratulations to our member and friends at The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in this landmark moment. Click here to learn more.

Members in the Media

More Aussies struggling under poverty line

The Salvation Army featured

Read here

Anglicare Calls For Incoming Government To Fix Australia’s Housing Crisis

Anglicare Australia featured

Read and listen here

A new National Strategy for Volunteering is in the works – and you can help shape it

Volunteering Australia featured

Read here
 

Feature Tweet

WWDA congratulates the new government on their win over the weekend. We look forward to working closely with the new ministers for women, social services and the #NDIS.

Let’s work together on a gender equity strategy for our NDIS! pic.twitter.com/aPEmHd62lp

— WWDA (@WWDA_AU) May 23, 2022
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