Income Support and Social Security 2024 Centrepay review Services AustraliaJuly 2024Submission to the inquiry into compulsory income management Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human RightsMay 2024 2023 ACOSS submission to Closing Loopholes BillOctober 2023“It’s not enough”: why more is needed to lift people out of povertySeptember 2023“It’s hell”: how inadequate income support is causing harmMarch 2023Submission to the Minimum Wage Review 2023March 2023Submission to the Robodebt Royal CommissionFebruary 2023 2022 Submission to Employment White Paper Task ForceNovember 2022ACOSS Presentation to House of Representatives Select Committee on Workforce AustraliaOctober 2022ACOSS Policy Paper for the Jobs and Skills SummitSeptember 2022Statement on full employment ACOSS, ACTU, BCAAugust 2022Submission to the Community Affairs Inquiry into Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022August 2022ACOSS Sub to Indep Inquiry into Australia’s Covid Response 3.8.22August 2022Voices 2: results of a survey of people who used jobactiveJune 2022Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures (SPROM) BillApril 2022 2021 Faces of Unemployment 2021November 2021Purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support PensionSeptember 2021Inquiry into ParentsNext – Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human RightsMay 2021Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021Accessible Version HereMarch 2021‘Tough times, less support’Accessible Version HereSeptember 2021Point-based Activation in the New Employment ServicesAugust 2021ACOSS response to the Exposure Draft on the New Employment Services Model 2022 Purchasing ArrangementsAugust 2021Streamlined participation requirements BillJune 2021Inquiry into ParentsNext – Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human RightsMay 2021ACOSS Submission to the Fair Work Commission on Minimum WageMarch 2021ACOSS Horticultural Wages 2021March 2021 2020 ACOSS submission to Department of Education Skills and Employment on the new employment services payment modelAccessible Version HereDecember 2020Top economists have long called for a permanent increase to the JobSeeker payment <aAccessible Version HereAccessible Version HereDecember 2020Licensing employment services – Submission to the Department of Education, Skills and EmploymentAccessible Version HereNovember 2020‘A Glimmer of Hope’ Submission to Senate Economics Committee inquiry into Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment Bill 2020Accessible Version HereOctober 2020JobSeeker Payments: Access and RequirementsAccessible Version HereSeptember 2020Estimating the economic impacts of lowering current levels of income support paymentsSeptember 2020JobSeeker Cuts – Survey Of 600 PeopleSeptember 2020Australia’s Community Sector & Covid-19: Impact of increased income support on community services26 August 2020Supplementary Pre-Budget Submission 2020-2021Accessible Version Here24 August 2020The impact of financial distress on mental health during COVID-1August 2020Local employment and skills development partnershipsAccessible Version HereAugust 2020Next steps for income supportJuly 2020ACOSS Minimum Wage Submission 2020May 2020Faces of Unemployment 2020Accessible Version HereApril 2020ACOSS Budget Priority Statement 2020-20212020Accessible ACOSS Budget Priority Statement 2020-20212020Submission to the Retirement Income ReviewFebruary 2020Submission to the Retirement Income ReviewFebruary 2020Newstart Increase Briefing NoteJanuary 2020 2019 Payment Integrity BillNovember 2019Raise the Rate key messages and stats for Anti-Poverty WeekOctober 2019Surviving, not living: the (in)adequacy of Newstart and related paymentsSeptember 2019Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References CommitteeSeptember 2019Submission to Inquiry into the Fair Work (Registered Organisation) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019August 2019Submission to Social Security BillFebruary 2019Submissions to ParentsNext Inquiry February 2019 2018 ACOSS submission to the Inquiry on Intergenerational WelfareOctober 2018Submission into the appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of jobactiveOctober 2018Voices of UnemploymentOctober 2018Faces of unemploymentSeptember 2018Analysis of the impact of raising benefit rates – Deloitte Access Economics report commissioned by ACOSSSeptember 2018Submission on Future Employment ServicesAugust 2018Submission into Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion Bill 2018July 2018Submission to Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018April 2018Submission to Senate Foreign Affairs Inquiry into the Sustainable Development GoalsApril 2108Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018April 2018Minimum wage submission 2018March 2018Briefing note: Drug testing of income support recipientsMarch 2018Pre-Budget Submission (Budget Priorities Statement) 2018February 2018Briefing note: Welfare Reform BillFebruary 2018Briefing note: Social Security billsFebruary 2018Briefing note: Cashless Debit Card billFebruary 2018 2017 Submission on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card) Bill 2017Submission to Community Affairs Committee, August 2017Submission on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) BillSubmission to Community Affairs Committee, August 2017Submission on Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017 Submission to Community Affairs Committee, August 2017Submission on Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2017Submission to the Community Affairs Committee, August 2017The 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 2017Drug testing of income support recipients: comparison of NZ model with proposed Australian trialSnapshot, June 20172017 Budget Analysis – Social Security measuresSnapshot, May 2017Social security spendingSnapshot, May 2017Minimum Wage ReviewSubmission, March 17Transitional arrangements for Sunday penalty rates changesSubmission, March 2017Centrelink ‘Robodebt’ InquirySubmission, March 2017Omnibus Bill 2017Submission, March 2017ACOSS Budget Priorities Statement 2017Submission, March 2017Inquiry into Paid Parental Leave BillSubmission, February 2017 2016 Submission to Senate Education and Employment Committee, Youth Jobs PaTH Program Bill 2016Submission, November 2016Submission to Inquiry based on AG’s report Qualifying for the Disability Support PensionSubmission, November 2016Submission into the Social Services Legislation (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016Submission, October 2016Australian Development Goals Summit: On the Road to Implementation, Outcomes ReportReport, September 2016Submission to the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016Submission, September 2016Submission 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 2016Submission, September 2016Submission on the Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016Submission, September 2016Submission into Youth PaTH programSubmission, September 20162016 Budget AnalysisSubmission, May 2016ACOSS submission to the Minimum Wage Review, 2016Submission, April 2016Budget Priorities Statement 2016-17Submission, February 2016Submission to Inquiry into Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures BillSubmission, February 2016Submission to the Inquiry into Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) BillSubmission, February 2016Submission to Inquiry into Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs & Families Child Care Package)Submission, February 2016Submission to the Inquiry into Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2015Submission, January 2016 2015 Submission to the ‘Improved process for the Carer Payment and Carer Allowance ’ reviewSubmission, December 2015Submission to the Inquiry into Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment) Bill 2015Submission, November 2015Submission to the Inquiry into Family Payments ChangesSubmission, November 2015Submission into the Inquiry into Social Services Legislation Amendment (More Generous Means Testing for Youth Payments) Bill 2015Submission, November 2015Submission into the Inquiry into Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Strengthening Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2015Submission, November 2015Submission into Social Security Legislation Amendment (Debit Card Trial) Bill 2015Submission, September 2015Submission to the Child Care System National ConsultationSubmission, August 2015Submission to the Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into Youth Employment and Other Measures Bill 2015Submission, June 2015Submission to the Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill No 2Submission, June 2015Submission to the Inquiry into Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill – social security paymentsSubmission, May 2015Budget Analysis 2015-16Submission, May 2015Payment adequacy: a view from those relying on social security paymentsSubmission, May 2015Tax Talks 2 – Fuel on the fire: negative gearing, capital gains tax and housing affordabilityApril 2015Minimum Wage Submission, 2015Submission, April 2015ACOSS Strategic Plan 2014-2017February 2015Budget Priorities Statement 2015-16Submission, February 2015