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Here you’ll find news, announcements, and media releases from ACTCOSS and the Gulanga Program, along with major community sector news.
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Media release: ACT Election 2020: Delivering the promise of a Human Rights jurisdiction
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) today released its seventh of twelve 2020 ACT Election issue briefs calling for parties and candidates to work to fulfill the promise of the ACT as a human rights jurisdiction. ACTCOSS CEO Dr Emma Campbell said: “In 2004 the ACT was the first jurisdiction, and remains one of […]
Joint media release: ACT Election 2020: Building an inclusive, accessible Canberra
ACTCOSS, Women With Disabilities ACT and People With Disabilities ACT joint media release. The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has joined with peak disability representative organisations in calling for the next ACT Government to take actions that will deliver a more inclusive and accessible Canberra for the nearly 20% of Canberrans who have a […]
Watch the ACTCOSS 2020 ACT Election Leaders Forum
Did you miss the livestream of the ACTCOSS 2020 ACT Election Leaders Forum on 2 September? Watch the recording here
Media release: ACT poverty takes centre stage in election debate
The ACTCOSS 2020 ACT Election Leaders Forum has now been watched by over 8,500 viewers. The CEO of the ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS), Dr Emma Campbell, said that the forum had been streamed to the public via RiotACT and had given voters an opportunity to hear the party leaders’ views on a range […]
Media release: ACT Election 2020: Planning and Infrastructure to Build Community
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has today released its fourth 2020 ACT Election issue brief, Planning and Infrastructure to Build Community. The brief calls for a renewed focus on improved and inclusive social planning in transport, housing and community facilities as Canberra changes and its population heads toward half a million people. ACTCOSS […]
Media release: ACTCOSS to host first live interactive public leaders forum with all three leaders for the 2020 ACT Election
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) will be hosting the first leaders forum of the 2020 ACT Election next Wednesday 2 September. The forum will be broadcast live online, enabling all Canberra’s voters to watch and participate – a first for the ACT. ACTCOSS CEO, Dr Emma Campbell, said: “We’re just a few weeks […]
Media release: Community sector let down by ACT Jobs and Economic Recovery Plan
The ACT community sector today expressed disappointment in the ACT Government’s ACT Jobs and Economic Recovery Plan that has allocated a mere 0.47% of the Plan to essential community services. Dr Emma Campbell, ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) CEO said: “ACTCOSS is dismayed by the ACT Chief Minister’s announcement that has failed to recognise […]
Media release: ACT Election 2020: A Just Canberra
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) today released its third 2020 ACT Election issue brief, A Just Canberra. The brief focuses on the justice system and calls for improved access to justice, diversion from prison and greater emphasis on rehabilitation and human rights in the ACT detention system. ACTCOSS CEO Dr Emma Campbell said: […]