ACT Council of Social Service Inc.

Justice | Equity | Social Inclusion | Reconciliation

News

Here you'll find news about ACTCOSS activities and major community sector news.

For more news from the community sector, check out our Weekly Community Sector eNotices.

 

Media release: ACTCOSS asks ‘Whose Rights?’

13 February 2012

On the fourth anniversary of the Federal Parliament’s apology to the stolen generations the ACT Council of Social Service is launching a report advocating actions in a number of areas to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the ACT can enjoy the same rights as the general community

COSS media release: Community sector support for constitutional reform recognising rights of Australia’s First Peoples

19 January 2012

The Australian and State and Territory Councils of Social Service today warmly welcome the release of the Final report of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and fully endorse its recommendations