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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: Poverty risk rises with over 22,000 Canberrans to lose $300 per fortnight from Friday
This Friday, over 22,000 Canberrans face the loss of $300 per fortnight as the Australian Government’s Coronavirus Supplement is reduced, pushing many into poverty. The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) is calling on the Australian Government to extend the existing Coronavirus Supplement of $550 per fortnight and to move quickly to legislate a permanent, […]
Media release: ACT Election 2020: Targeted action on poverty, inequality and the cost of living
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has today released its tenth of twelve 2020 ACT Election issue briefs calling for targeted action to address cost of living pressures for low-income households in the ACT. This coincides with the release of ACTCOSS’s annual ACT Cost of Living Report. ACTCOSS CEO, Dr Emma Campbell, said: “Amidst […]
Media release: ACT Election 2020: Climate and Energy – achieving a just transition to net zero emissions in the ACT
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) yesterday released the eighth of twelve 2020 ACT Election issue briefs calling for parties and candidates to work to fulfill the promise of a just transition to net zero emissions in the ACT by 2045 or sooner. ACTCOSS CEO Dr Emma Campbell said: “Action on climate change is […]
Media release: ACT Election 2020: Supporting women, children and families
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) yesterday released its 2020 ACT Election issue brief: Supporting Canberra’s Women, Children and Families. In its issue brief, ACTCOSS called on a new ACT Government to commit to measures including reform of the child protection system, increased investment in specialist women’s services and additional support for children and […]
Media release: Looming JobSeeker cuts to cost over 1,000 Canberra jobs and plunge people into poverty
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has called on the Federal Government to scrap looming cuts to the JobSeeker payment that would plunge thousands of Canberrans into poverty and damage the ACT’s economic recovery. The call follows the release of research by Deloitte Access Economics that highlights the economic impact of planned government cuts […]
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