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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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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 supports ACT Liberals’ poverty commission
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) today welcomed the ACT Liberals’ election commitment to establish a commission to examine poverty in the ACT. Dr Emma Campbell, ACTCOSS CEO, said: “While we await to hear more details of the commission, we welcome this announcement which responds to calls in ACTCOSS’s election platform. “The commission must […]
Media release: More to do to support parents, children and carers in ACT’s child protection system
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) today welcomed the Adoption Amendment Act 2020, which comes into effect tomorrow, that clarifies ACT legislation on when a child can be adopted without the consent of their parent. ACTCOSS CEO, Dr Emma Campbell said: “The permanent removal of a child from a parent without parental consent is […]
Media release: Gender pay gap continues to drive inequities for Canberra’s women
ACTCOSS, Women’s Legal Centre ACT and YWCA Canberra joint media release. Today on Equal Pay Day 2020, the ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS), YWCA Canberra and Women’s Legal Centre ACT have joined together to highlight the ongoing financial insecurity and gender pay gap experienced by women in Canberra. As of August 2020, using Australian […]
Media release: Ensuring equitable access to quality healthcare
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) today released its fourth 2020 ACT Election issue brief on health, calling for investment and reform to ensure Canberrans on low incomes have equitable access to quality and timely healthcare. Dr Emma Campbell, ACTCOSS CEO, said: “We recognise the important role that Canberra’s health workers have played in […]