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News
Here you'll find news about ACTCOSS activities and major community sector news.
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Media Release: Affordable Housing Win for Canberra
29 October 2018
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has welcomed the new ACT Housing Strategy announced today by the Chief Minister Andrew Barr MLA and the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, Yvette Berry MLA.
Media release: Housing strategy must meet expectations
23 October 2018
We have released our expectations of the affordable housing actions that need to be included in the ACT Housing Strategy being announced on Monday 29 October 2018.
Media Release: Anti-Poverty Week 14-20 October 2018 ACT Theme: Together Creating Pathways out of Poverty
15 October 2018
You can find the Together Creating Pathways out of Poverty films on the ACTCOSS YouTube channel.
Media release: New stories reveal true pokie toll
13 October 2018
Canberra people have opened up about the shocking toll that gambling, particularly electronic gaming machines, has taken on their lives and the lives of others in a new publication from ACTCOSS and the Canberra Gambling Reform Alliance.
Loneliness, Connectedness and Social Infrastructure
28 September 2018
Susan Helyar writes about the Relationship Australia report on loneliness and ACTCOSS' advocacy for action to address gaps in municipal level social infrastructure.
National Safe Work Month Free eLearning Tokens
28 September 2018
50 free access tokens for WH&S content on our e-Learning platform for member for ACTCOSS Members for National Safe Work Month!
ACTCOSS Committee 2018-19 - Call for nominations
27 September 2018
We are calling on members to nominate for Committee positions open for election at our AGM on 16 November 2018. Nominations close 5pm, 23 October 2018.
ACT Community Sector Awards 2018 - Nominations open!
25 September 2018
Do you know an ACT community sector organisation, staff member or individual who deserves to be recognised? Nominate by 12 October 2018 for an ACT Community Sector Award!
Media release: We can tackle energy costs and climate change
24 September 2018
ACTCOSS welcomes the release of a study last week by Frontier Economics, commissioned by ACOSS and the Brotherhood of St Lawrence, that shows that energy prices will fall with investment in clean energy under various scenarios modelled to meet responsibilities under the Paris Agreement.