- ACOSS submission to Closing Loopholes Bill
October 2023 - “It’s not enough”: why more is needed to lift people out of poverty
September 2023 - “It’s hell”: how inadequate income support is causing harm
March 2023 - Submission to the Minimum Wage Review 2023
March 2023 - Submission to the Robodebt Royal Commission
February 2023
- Submission to Employment White Paper Task Force
November 2022 - ACOSS Presentation to House of Representatives Select Committee on Workforce Australia
October 2022 - ACOSS Policy Paper for the Jobs and Skills Summit
September 2022 - Statement on full employment ACOSS, ACTU, BCA
August 2022 - Submission to the Community Affairs Inquiry into Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022
August 2022 - ACOSS Sub to Indep Inquiry into Australia’s Covid Response 3.8.22
August 2022 - Voices 2: results of a survey of people who used jobactive
June 2022 - Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures (SPROM) Bill
April 2022
- Faces of Unemployment 2021
November 2021 - Purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension
September 2021 - Inquiry into ParentsNext – Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
May 2021 - Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021
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March 2021 - ‘Tough times, less support’Accessible Version Here
September 2021 - Point-based Activation in the New Employment Services
August 2021 - ACOSS response to the Exposure Draft on the New Employment Services Model 2022 Purchasing Arrangements
August 2021 - Streamlined participation requirements Bill
June 2021 - Inquiry into ParentsNext – Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
May 2021 - ACOSS Submission to the Fair Work Commission on Minimum Wage
March 2021 - ACOSS Horticultural Wages 2021
March 2021
- ACOSS submission to Department of Education Skills and Employment on the new employment services payment model
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December 2020 - Top economists have long called for a permanent increase to the JobSeeker payment <a
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December 2020 - Licensing employment services – Submission to the Department of Education, Skills and Employment
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November 2020 - ‘A Glimmer of Hope’ Submission to Senate Economics Committee inquiry into Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment Bill 2020
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October 2020 - JobSeeker Payments: Access and Requirements
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September 2020 - Estimating the economic impacts of lowering current levels of income support payments
September 2020 - JobSeeker Cuts – Survey Of 600 People
September 2020 - Australia’s Community Sector & Covid-19: Impact of increased income support on community services
26 August 2020 - Supplementary Pre-Budget Submission 2020-2021
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24 August 2020 - The impact of financial distress on mental health during COVID-1
August 2020 - Local employment and skills development partnerships
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August 2020 - Next steps for income support
July 2020 - ACOSS Minimum Wage Submission 2020
May 2020 - Faces of Unemployment 2020
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April 2020 - ACOSS Budget Priority Statement 2020-2021
2020 - Accessible ACOSS Budget Priority Statement 2020-2021
2020 - Submission to the Retirement Income Review
February 2020 - Submission to the Retirement Income Review
February 2020 - Newstart Increase Briefing Note
January 2020
- Payment Integrity Bill
November 2019 - Raise the Rate key messages and stats for Anti-Poverty Week
October 2019 - Surviving, not living: the (in)adequacy of Newstart and related payments
September 2019 - Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee
September 2019 - Submission to Inquiry into the Fair Work (Registered Organisation) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019
August 2019 - Submission to Social Security Bill
February 2019 - Submissions to ParentsNext Inquiry
February 2019
- ACOSS submission to the Inquiry on Intergenerational Welfare
October 2018 - Submission into the appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of jobactive
October 2018 - Voices of Unemployment
October 2018 - Faces of unemployment
September 2018 - Analysis of the impact of raising benefit rates – Deloitte Access Economics report commissioned by ACOSS
September 2018 - Submission on Future Employment Services
August 2018 - Submission into Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion Bill 2018
July 2018 - Submission to Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018
April 2018 - Submission to Senate Foreign Affairs Inquiry into the Sustainable Development Goals
April 2108 - Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018
April 2018 - Minimum wage submission 2018
March 2018 - Briefing note: Drug testing of income support recipients
March 2018 - Pre-Budget Submission (Budget Priorities Statement) 2018
February 2018 - Briefing note: Welfare Reform Bill
February 2018 - Briefing note: Social Security bills
February 2018 - Briefing note: Cashless Debit Card bill
February 2018
- Submission on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card) Bill 2017
Submission to Community Affairs Committee, August 2017 - Submission on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill
Submission to Community Affairs Committee, August 2017 - Submission on Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017
Submission to Community Affairs Committee, August 2017 - Submission on Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2017
Submission to the Community Affairs Committee, August 2017 - The appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of the Community Development Program (CDP) Submission to the Australian Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee, June 2017
- Drug testing of income support recipients: comparison of NZ model with proposed Australian trial
Snapshot, June 2017 - 2017 Budget Analysis – Social Security measures
Snapshot, May 2017 - Social security spending
Snapshot, May 2017 - Minimum Wage Review
Submission, March 17 - Transitional arrangements for Sunday penalty rates changes
Submission, March 2017 - Centrelink ‘Robodebt’ Inquiry
Submission, March 2017 - Omnibus Bill 2017
Submission, March 2017 - ACOSS Budget Priorities Statement 2017
Submission, March 2017 - Inquiry into Paid Parental Leave Bill
Submission, February 2017
- Submission to Senate Education and Employment Committee, Youth Jobs PaTH Program Bill 2016
Submission, November 2016 - Submission to Inquiry based on AG’s report Qualifying for the Disability Support Pension
Submission, November 2016 - Submission into the Social Services Legislation (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016
Submission, October 2016 - Australian Development Goals Summit: On the Road to Implementation, Outcomes Report
Report, September 2016 - Submission to the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016
Submission, September 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
Submission, September 2016 - Submission on the Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016
Submission, September 2016 - Submission into Youth PaTH program
Submission, September 2016 - 2016 Budget Analysis
Submission, May 2016 - ACOSS submission to the Minimum Wage Review, 2016
Submission, April 2016 - Budget Priorities Statement 2016-17
Submission, February 2016 - Submission to Inquiry into Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures Bill
Submission, February 2016 - Submission to the Inquiry into Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill
Submission, February 2016 - Submission to Inquiry into Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs & Families Child Care Package)
Submission, February 2016 - Submission to the Inquiry into Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2015
Submission, January 2016
- Submission to the ‘Improved process for the Carer Payment and Carer Allowance ’ review
Submission, December 2015 - Submission to the Inquiry into Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment) Bill 2015
Submission, November 2015 - Submission to the Inquiry into Family Payments Changes
Submission, November 2015 - Submission into the Inquiry into Social Services Legislation Amendment (More Generous Means Testing for Youth Payments) Bill 2015
Submission, November 2015 - Submission into the Inquiry into Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Strengthening Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2015
Submission, November 2015 - Submission into Social Security Legislation Amendment (Debit Card Trial) Bill 2015
Submission, September 2015 - Submission to the Child Care System National Consultation
Submission, August 2015 - Submission to the Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into Youth Employment and Other Measures Bill 2015
Submission, June 2015 - Submission to the Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill No 2
Submission, June 2015 - Submission to the Inquiry into Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill – social security payments
Submission, May 2015 - Budget Analysis 2015-16
Submission, May 2015 - Payment adequacy: a view from those relying on social security payments
Submission, May 2015 - Tax Talks 2 – Fuel on the fire: negative gearing, capital gains tax and housing affordability
April 2015 - Minimum Wage Submission, 2015
Submission, April 2015 - ACOSS Strategic Plan 2014-2017
February 2015 - Budget Priorities Statement 2015-16
Submission, February 2015