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Advocacy Publications

ACTCOSS produces a variety of publications to advocate for positive social change, such as submissions to government and research reports.

Our most recent advocacy publications are listed below by year.

You can use the publication search to search by keyword and topic area, or browse our most recent policy work in our policy section.

Note: We are working on uploading our back catalogue of publications. If there's an ACTCOSS publication you'd like to access which is not currently available, please contact us.

2014

Submission: Review of ACT Auditor General’s Report No. 4 of 2013: National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness August 2014
ACT 2014-15 Budget Snapshot June 2014
Submission: ICRC Price Determination Draft Report March 2014
Submission: Senate Inquiry into Affordable Housing March 2014

2013

Exploring the Feasibility of a Citizen Advocacy Program in the ACT Community: A Scoping Research Study December 2013
Submission: ACTCOSS Budget Priorities 2014-15 October 2013
Disadvantage in the ACT: Report for ACT Anti-Poverty Week October 2013
Factsheet: Reducing energy and water costs in rental properties October 2013
Submission: Inquiry into Sentencing in the ACT October 2013
Beyond the Sound Bite: Report to the Community from the ACTCOSS 2013 Federal Election Candidates Forum September 2013
Submission: Out of Home Care Strategy Issues Paper September 2013
ACT 2013-14 Budget Snapshot June 2013
Submission: Letters of Offer to Non-Government Providers of Housing and Homelessness Support Services June 2013
Submission: The Human Rights Audit of Conditions of Detention of Women at the Alexander Maconochie Centre June 2013
Submission: ACTCOSS Budget Priorities 2013-14 March 2013
Joint submission: Inquiry into the Value of a Justice Reinvestment Approach to Criminal Justice in Australia March 2013
Submission: Review of Current Homelessness Costing Structure: Proposing Alternative Costing Model Options December 2012 Consultation Paper February 2013

2012

Submission: Development of a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan Discussion Paper December 2012
Submission: Review of the Gambling and Racing Control (Code of Practice) Regulation 2002 December 2012
ACT Cost of Living Report, 2012 October 2012