In the lead up to announcement of the ACT 2019-2020 Budget, ACTCOSS has released research highlighting the need to ease cost of living pressures for low-income Canberra households.
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Media release: ACT Budget must address cost of living pressures for low-income households
7 May 2019
ACTCOSS supports housing funding for remote communities
2 May 2019
ACTCOSS, along with COSS around the country, have welcomed the ALP announcement of funding and partnerships to support housing in remote communities, and called on the Liberal Party to provide a similar commitment.
Federal candidates forum: Spaces filling up fast!
24 April 2019
Come along to ACT Decides: A Community Conversation – ACTCOSS' ACT federal election candidates forum next Monday 29 April 2019.
Enter the ACTCOSS 2019 National Reconciliation Week Draw!
23 April 2019
Would you like to enter a draw for over $300 worth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources for your workplace?
Media release: FEDERAL BUDGET 2019: Some catch up on services but failing the poorest in Canberra
3 April 2019
ACTCOSS has joined other Councils of Social Service in expressing disappointment that the Federal Budget has failed to reduce severe poverty and close the worst gaps in essential services, while welcoming some investments and supports.
Open letter from the Community Sector: Don’t rush to pass more tax cuts while three million live in poverty
2 April 2019
As community organisations providing essential services to people on low and modest incomes, we call on the Parliament not to rush to pass more income tax cuts before the elections, and to reverse those already legislated to go to high income-earners after 2020.
Media release: Fuel prices hit low-income households hardest
18 March 2019
Canberra’s high fuel prices are hitting low-income households hardest. This is a key finding from the ACTCOSS analysis of cost of living data shared in a submission to the ACT Legislative Assembly Select Committee Inquiry into Fuel Pricing.
Media release: ACT Budget needs to invest in improved energy efficiency to protect low and middle income households
28 February 2019
This is the last day of a record breaking hot summer. Extremely cold weather is only a few months away. Now is the time for the ACT Government to take further action to reduce human induced climate change, mitigate the impacts of a more unstable and changing climate, and set up a just transition to a low emission future.
Media release: Justice reinvestment project welcome, but more work needed on diversion
15 February 2019
ACTCOSS welcomes announcements today on a major ACT justice reinvestment project, Building Communities Not Prisons, but there is more work to do around diversion and programs for women.
ACTCOSS Commentary on the 2019 Report on Government Services
24 January 2019
This week ACTCOSS has been responding to the release of the 2019 Report on Government Services (ROGS) by the Productivity Commission. Chapters released so far have pointed to the ongoing need for investments and policy work in housing, homelessness and justice system responses.