This in formation session\, hosted and facilitated by ACTC OSS provides an overview of the ACT budget and sup ports members to navigate and read key documents.
\n \nThe session will cover a broad overvi ew of how public sector budgets work by stepping t hrough the politics of budget-making and the role of key actors in creating it. This includes the di fferent roles and priorities of politicians and pu blic servants in crafting a budget. It will explor e how the budget is structured\, with some practic al advice for reading and understanding the differ ent documents that end up in the budget.
\n \nAbout the facilitator:
\
n Jacob Priergaard a social policy researcher who
joined ACTCOSS in June 2025. Jacob began his caree
r in the Australian Public Service\, working on so
cial security and then health policy before comple
ting a PhD at ANU. His research looks at how publi
c institutions\, including budgets\, shape policie
s that impact disadvantaged people.
Ja cob joined ACTCOSS as a generalist Senior Policy A dvisor and is leading ACTCOSS’ submissions to the ACT budget.
DESCRIPTION:This information session\, hosted and facilitated by ACTCOSS provides an overview of the ACT budget and supports members to navigate and read key docu ments. \n \n \n \n The session will cover a broad overview of how public sector budgets work by step ping through the politics of budget-making and the role of key actors in creating it. This includes the different roles and priorities of politicians and public servants in crafting a budget. It will explore how the budget is structured\, with some p ractical advice for reading and understanding the different documents that end up in the budget.\n \ n \n \n About the facilitator: \n \n Jacob Prierga ard a social policy researcher who joined ACTCOSS in June 2025. Jacob began his career in the Austra lian Public Service\, working on social security a nd then health policy before completing a PhD at A NU. His research looks at how public institutions\ , including budgets\, shape policies that impact d isadvantaged people.\n \n \n \n Jacob joined ACTCO SS as a generalist Senior Policy Advisor and is le ading ACTCOSS’ submissions to the ACT budget.\n \n CATEGORIES:Workshop CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260609T110000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260609T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260609T120000 LOCATION:Online via MS Teams\n Australia\n URL:https://actcoss.org.au/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=224 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR