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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260519T090000
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SUMMARY:ACOSS Post Budget Event 2026
DESCRIPTION:Date: 19th May 2026\nLocation: Dockside\, Balcony and Terrace Level\, Cockle Bay Wharf\, 2 Wheat Rd\, Sydney NSW 2000\nRoom: Darling & Quay Room 1 \nAbout the event:\n\nThe 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 of the Federal Budget. \nThe event will include an exciting keynote\, a comprehensive ACOSS analysis\, and a panel discussion where speakers will share their expertise and perspectives on the Budget and economy. \nAttendees have the chance to participate in meaningful dialogue with speakers and fellow attendees in the wake of the Budget’s release. \nThe ACOSS Post Budget Event serves as a crucial platform for examining the pivotal question: Does the 2026 Federal Budget effectively address Australia’s pressing social and economic challenges? \nAgenda: \n\nArrival tea\, coffee and registration: 9:00AM – 10:00AM\nMeeting: 10:00AM – 12:00PM\n\nSpecial thanks to our partner HESTA and Centre for Western Sydney
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-post-budget-event-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240524T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240524T123000
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SUMMARY:ACOSS Post Budget Event 2024
DESCRIPTION: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 of the Federal Budget. \nThe event will be addressed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers\, followed by a comprehensive ACOSS analysis\, closing with a panel discussion where speakers will share their expertise and perspectives on the Budget and economy. You have the chance to participate in meaningful dialogue with speakers and fellow attendees in the wake of the Budget’s release. \nThe ACOSS Post Budget Event serves as a crucial platform for examining the pivotal question: Does the 2024 Federal Budget effectively address Australia’s pressing social and economic challenges? \nOur speakers (more to be announced in the coming weeks): \n\nThe Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP\, Treasurer\nMary Ann Baquero Geronimo\, CEO\, Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA)\nMaiy Azize\, Chair and Spokesperson\, Everybody’s Home\nNicki Hutley\, Economist\nCliff Fraser\, Lived experience advocate\nDr Cassandra Goldie\, CEO\, ACOSS\n\n  \nSpecial thanks to partners HESTA and UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion. \n*If you are experiencing financial hardship and would like to attend the event\, we have bursaries available. Please get in touch with us by emailing michelle@acoss.org.au \n\nProgram: \n\n\n\n\nTime\n\n\nITEM\n\n\n\n9AM – 10AM\nRegistrations open\n\nMorning tea available\n\n\n10AM – 10:20AM\nEvent commences\n\nWelcome to Country by Michael West\, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council \nAddress by Joe Agius\, General Manager – Business Growth\, HESTA \nAddress by Amy Persson\, Pro Vice Chancellor\, Social Justice and Inclusion at University of Technology Sydney\n\n\n10:20AM – 10:45AM\nTreasurer Jim Chalmers keynote address\, and audience Q&A\n\n\n10:45AM – 11:05AM\nACOSS budget analysis by Dr Cassandra Goldie\, CEO\, ACOSS\n\n\n\n11:05AM – 11:55AM\nPanel discussion: \n\nMary Ann Baquero Geronimo\, CEO\, Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA)\nMaiy Azize\, Chair and Spokesperson\, Everybody’s Home\nNicki Hutley\, Economist\nCliff Fraser\, Lived experience advocate\n\n\n\n\n11:55AM -12PM\nClosing remarks
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-post-budget-event-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240410T160000
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SUMMARY:ACOSS Policy Webinar - Personal agency and employment services: learning from international practice
DESCRIPTION: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. \nJoin 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 been adopted in Danish employment services\, including practices of front line staff\, and how a professionalised workforce can make services more empowering. \nWe will delve into how this approach could be adapted in Australia to give people who use employment services more choice and control. \nAs always\, there will be the opportunity to engage with speakers and pose your questions.
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-policy-webinar-personal-agency-and-employment-services-learning-from-international-practice/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231211T113000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231211T123000
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SUMMARY:ACOSS Policy Webinar Series: Employment Services Reform
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAfter a year and a half of submissions and hearings\, the inquiry is set to conclude at the end of November. Julian Hill MP will present the Committee’s insights\, addressing long-standing criticisms of Australia’s employment services system\, including issues such as rising long-term unemployment\, a focus on compliance over public service\, and perverse incentives for providers. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to assess and discuss whether meaningful change is on the horizon for Australia’s employment services system. \nAs always\, there will be the opportunity to engage with speakers and pose your questions.
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-policy-webinar-series-employment-services-reform/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230310T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230310T143000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Community Sector Blueprint for Energy Efficiency Rental Standards
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the launch of the Community Sector Blueprint on minimum energy efficiency standards. \nThe federal\, state and territory governments have committed to develop a National Framework for Minimum Energy Efficiency Rental Requirements. \nTo inform this work the community\, housing\, building and energy efficiency sectors have come together to develop a Community Sector Blueprint: a National Framework for Minimum Energy Efficiency Rental Requirements. \nTo launch the Blueprint we have bought together great line-up of speakers\, including core authors of the Blueprint and renters who will share their stories and what having a healthy\, energy efficient home would mean for them. \nSpeakers include: \n\nKellie Caught\, Program Director\, Climate and Energy\, ACOSS\nLeo Patterson Ross – CEO\, Tenants Union NSW\nJoel Dignam\, CEO\, Better Renting\nRob Murray-Leach – Head of Market Transformation\, Energy Efficiency Council\nShasha\, renter from NSW\nGemma\, renter from NSW
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/webinar-community-sector-blueprint-for-energy-efficiency-rental-standards/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221103T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221103T113000
DTSTAMP:20221004T040240Z
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SUMMARY:ACOSS Post Budget Event 2022
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n\nThe event will provide the opportunity for the sector to engage directly with speakers following the release of the Federal Budget. \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers include – more to be announced: \n\nMC Jamila Rizvi\, Deputy Managing Director of Future Women\nDr Katherine Trebeck\, Strategic Advisor\, Centre for Policy Development\nDr Angela Jackson\, Lead Economist\, Impact Economics and Policy\nDr Cassandra Goldie\, CEO\, ACOSS
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-post-budget-event-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221025T213000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221025T223000
DTSTAMP:20221025T000530Z
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SUMMARY:ACOSS Budget Night Member Briefing
DESCRIPTION:ACOSS staff and members come together to share notes and initial impressions post-Budget. \nOpen to National Members only. \n  \nTIME: 9:30PM – 10:30PM AEDT \nDATE: 25 October 2022 \nWHERE: Virtual\, Zoom
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-budget-night-member-briefing-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221025T113000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221025T123000
DTSTAMP:20221025T000524Z
CREATED:20220915T000030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221025T000524Z
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SUMMARY:ACOSS Pre-Budget Member Caucus
DESCRIPTION:This is an opportunity for members planning to be in lockup or involved in budget day advocacy to come together and share knowledge. \nOpen to National Members only. \n  \nTIME: 11:30AM – 12:30PM AEDT \nDATE: 25 October 2022 \nWHERE: Virtual\, Zoom
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-pre-budget-member-caucus-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211209T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211209T133000
DTSTAMP:20211118T062619Z
CREATED:20211118T062445Z
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SUMMARY:ACOSS Policy Webinar: Uluru Statement from the Heart
DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO REGISTER \nAt 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. \nThe 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 Heart campaign is seeking bipartisan support to hold a referendum to establish a constitutionally entrenched Voice to Parliament during the first term of office. The sequencing of Voice\, Treaty (Makarrata) and Truth-telling is critical to a new way forward for First Nations peoples. \nJoin this webinar to receive detailed briefings on the background and context to the regional dialogues that culminated in the Uluru Convention and formulation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The session will also provide an update on where the Uluru Statement from the Heart campaign is now\, what’s coming up and things that you can do to actively support the call for constitutional change.
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-policy-webinar-uluru-statement-from-the-heart/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211108T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211108T160000
DTSTAMP:20211102T004604Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211102T004604Z
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SUMMARY:ACOSS AGM
DESCRIPTION:2021 ACOSS AGM (virtual)  \nDate: Monday\, 8 November 2021  Time: 3:00 PM AEDT  Location: Zoom\nAt the meeting\, members will have the opportunity to: \n\nhear about and ask questions of  ACOSS;\nhear the Returning Officer’s Report and Election Results;\ncontribute to discussion as per the agenda;\nvote on any resolutions proposed.\n\nAt the meeting\, members will be asked to vote to: \n\naccept the minutes of the last annual general meeting;\nreceive the annual report;\nreceive the annual financial statements and auditor’s report;\nappoint the ACOSS auditors for 2021-22.
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-agm/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211104T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211104T133000
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UID:10000044-1636027200-1636032600@www.acoss.org.au
SUMMARY:ACOSS Policy Webinar Series: Reducing long-term unemployment
DESCRIPTION: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*. \nOnce people have been unemployed for a long time\, it’s harder to break back into paid work. As well as having a gap in their resume\, many people on unemployment payments face barriers to employment such as discrimination on the basis of age or race\, caring roles\, or living in a region with high unemployment. \nThis webinar will explore: \n\nNew research and data on long-term unemployment\, its causes\, and who is affected\nWhat the federal government can do to reduce it\, starting with ‘’full employment’’ policies to generate jobs\, and including employment programs that give people a better chance of picking up the jobs available\n\nJoin us as we discuss key findings of ACOSS’s Faces of Unemployment 2021 report\, which provides a snapshot of people on unemployment payments and the jobs and employment services available to them. This report focuses on long-term unemployment. \nWe will hear from people directly impacted\, research partners\, and experts on policies to strengthen employment and the government’s ‘’New Employment Services’’ due to start next year. \nSpeakers include (more to be announced in the coming weeks): \n\nSandra Elhelw Wright\, Chief Executive Officer\, Settlement Council of Australia\nA presentation from Dr Peter Davidson\, Principal Advisor\, ACOSS\n\n  \n  \n*Over 12 months – measured in terms of long-term receipt of unemployment payment
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/acoss-policy-webinar-series-reducing-long-term-unemployment/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211008
DTSTAMP:20210930T014724Z
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SUMMARY:Community Sector Climate Change Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:Join us on 7 October for a social media day of action\, where we are encouraging community sector organisations and staff to post about why fair and fast climate action this decade matters to them. By raising our voices together\, we can persuade the Federal government to set more ambitious targets in the lead-up to the UN Climate Summit in November and take fair and inclusive action on climate change. \nClick here to access the social media toolkit for resources to help support on the day! \n#FairFastClimateAction
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/community-sector-climate-change-day-of-action/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211009
DTSTAMP:20210930T015023Z
CREATED:20210930T015023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210930T015023Z
UID:10000043-1633305600-1633737599@www.acoss.org.au
SUMMARY:Community Sector Climate Change Advocacy Week
DESCRIPTION:Rapidly worsening climate change is hurting our communities. Our sector has been on the frontline of helping communities respond to the impacts of more intense and frequent bushfires\, drought\, floods\, storms\, and heatwaves. Without fast\, fair and inclusive action on climate change\, these threats will continue to worsen. \nIn November this year\, all Governments will be required to submit their climate pollution reduction targets at the United Nations Climate Summit. Australia’s current targets are inadequate. Join us for Community Sector Climate Change Advocacy Week 4-8 October in calling on the Australian federal government to commit to stronger targets and fair and inclusive policies to cut climate pollution this decade. \nThere are three things you can do: \n\nSign the Community Sector Climate Change Declaration to show decision-makers that a fast\, fair and inclusive plan to address climate change this decade matters to the community sector and the communities we work with. The Declaration will be delivered to Federal decision-makers in Advocacy Week.\nShare a statement on why fast\, fair and inclusive climate action matters to your community organisation.\nJoin the chorus of community sector voices in a social media Day of Action on 7th of October to share your support for the Declaration and call for #FairFastClimateAction. Find social media tiles and a messaging guide in the social media kit for the Day of Action.
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/community-sector-climate-change-advocacy-week/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210930T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210930T123000
DTSTAMP:20210921T043147Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: What's happening in Mutual Obligations and employment services?
DESCRIPTION:People receiving income support say that navigating the government’s Mutual Obligation requirements system can be frustrating and stressful. There is also a long-held concern that these requirements are unfair and that they do not help people get suitable\, secure paid work. \nJoin us at an interactive webinar with ACOSS’s Senior Policy Advisor Simone Casey who will talk about current requirement policies\, with a Q&A session facilitated by ACOSS Community Organiser and Engagement Officer\, Michelle Shackleton. There will be opportunities to share your experiences with current job search requirements\, both in an out of lockdown\, and tell us how payment suspensions have impacted you\, which will inform an upcoming ACOSS report about the jobactive system. \nWe’ll outline next steps in our advocacy for fairer employment services social policy and we hope it will be the start of an ongoing community conversation about employment services into the future.
URL:https://www.acoss.org.au/event/whats-happening-in-mutual-obligations-and-employment-services-understanding-job-search-requirements-and-the-impact-of-payment-suspensions/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Australia
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