ACTCOSS has welcomed a call from the ACT Greens to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14 years old.
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Media release: ACT Government responds to ACTCOSS call to protect community sector wages
18 August 2020
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) today welcomed an announcement by ACT Minister for Community Services, Suzanne Orr MLA, committing $9 million to maintain pay levels for community sector workers set out in the Equal Remuneration Order (ERO).
Media release: ACT Election 2020: fixing Canberra’s housing crisis
18 August 2020
ACTCOSS today released its second 2020 ACT Election issue brief, naming the lack of affordable housing as the biggest single challenge confronting people on low incomes.
Media release: Government finally delivers on ACTCOSS call for free public WiFi network
13 August 2020
ACTCOSS has welcomed the ACT Government’s long overdue announcement that it will expand Canberra’s free public WiFi network to additional suburbs.
Media release: ACT Election 2020: supporting the community services sector
12 August 2020
ACTCOSS today released the first of its twelve issues briefs for the 2020 ACT Election to be rolled out over the next few weeks. The issues brief – Supporting the Community Services Sector – calls for the incoming ACT Government to conduct a full needs...
Media Release: ACTCOSS, ACT Shelter and CHIA (ACT Region) Response to Public Housing Stimulus Package
6 August 2020
$61m public housing investment welcomed, but at what opportunity cost for thousands still waiting for a home?
Media release: ACTCOSS welcomes housing announcements
5 August 2020
The ACT Council of Social Service has welcomed the ACT Government’s announcement of a $61 million investment in public housing, including the construction of 60 public housing properties, taking the total number of additional public housing dwellings promised under the Strategy to 260.
Media release: ACTCOSS to give evidence to public hearing on Evaluation of ACT Policing Arrangements
4 August 2020
ACTCOSS will today give evidence to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety on the Evaluation of Current ACT Policing Arrangements.
Media release: ACT social housing shortfall of 3,000 dwellings
3 August 2020
Heat maps released today by Homelessness Australia and Everybody’s Home have revealed a shortfall of 3,000 social housing dwellings in the ACT, while almost 1,600 people in the ACT are homeless. These figures, released at the start of Homelessness Week 2020, highlight yet again the urgent need for the Federal and ACT governments to deliver...
Media release: Good start for building quality but more to do
24 July 2020
ACTCOSS has welcomed the release of the report from the Inquiry into Building Quality in the ACT by the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism, as well as work to improve certification, but has warned of consequences for low-income and vulnerable households unless a focus on improving building quality is sustained and widened....