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Social Justice Issue

Children, Young People and Families

ACTCOSS supports the many community sector organisations working to care for and build the capacity of families in the ACT, and recognises the significant impact poverty and inequality have on children and young people. We advocate for human rights, evidence-based, and restorative approaches to Government policy relating to children, young people and families in the ACT.

ACTCOSS Position Statement on Children, Young People and Families

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17 October 2024 Learn more
Editorial

Here’s what real courage would look like from an ACT candidate

It’s difficult to think of an issue in the ACT that is more widespread and more keenly felt than poverty, so it is appropriate that the election falls on Anti-Poverty Week. The experience of poverty is responsible for much of Canberra’s suffering, and it reduces the human potential and contribution people can make to our community. Today, parents […]

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21 August 2024 Learn more
Media release

Breaking point: financial stress of ongoing cost-of-living crisis hitting low-income Canberrans hardest

ACTCOSS’s latest ACT Cost of Living Report reveals persistently high inflation and high interest rates are exacting a devastating toll on low-income households and adding to demand for community sector services across the ACT.  ACTCOSS CEO, Dr Devin Bowles said: “The ongoing cost-of-living crisis has extended the reach of financial stress to more and more […]

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