The NSW Council of Social Service works with and for people experiencing poverty and disadvantage to see positive change in our communities. On Gadigal land.
Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Joined April 2012
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We were at the @_NCOSS_ post-budget event this morning, where NSW Treasurer @dmookheyMLC highlighted a historic commitment to increasing social housing. Advocacy does work, and the sector was rightly recognised for its work in putting housing at the top of the list. #moretodo
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Julie Perkins (ASU Chair First Nations Committee Chair), Helen Westwood (Director ASU Professional Standards and Safety Unit) and Narelle Clay (ASU Branch President) at the Annual @_NCOSS_ NSW Budget Briefing.
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Over 100 organisations and advocates have signed a joint statement asking Attorneys-General to #RaiseTheAge to at least 14 at tomorrow's meeting.
View the joint statement here: raisetheage.org.au/news-stor…
#RaiseTheAge Week of Action 2023
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We’re at the @_NCOSS_ Post-Budget breakfast this morning, with NSW Treasurer @dmookheyMLC giving an opening address on:
- importance of supporting community service sector;
- importance of building more housing & social housing;
- increased funding for community service sector.
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Great community sector panel @_NCOSS_ Post Budget Breakfast. Focus of impact on children of cost of living crisis. #EndChildPoverty
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The overwhelming majority of legal experts agree: the Voice is legally safe and will make a real difference. The Council of the Law Society of NSW has also added their public support for the Voice. #VoteYes #VoiceToParliament #HistoryIsCalling
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MEDIA RELEASE: ALP Conference backs Jobseeker policy to lift people out of poverty as unemployment increases.
The Albanese Government must now listen to party members and #RaiseTheRate to adequate levels to ensure people can afford to live.
acoss.org.au/media_release/a… #LaborConf23
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We welcome the opening of this consultation paper - there are some good and useful changes proposed, and a few areas that need caution.
smh.com.au/politics/nsw/unfa…
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Back in Parliament today for the inquiry looking into the government's rental reform laws that experts have warned could entrench rental auctions: ponsw.events.corrivium.live/…
#nswpol
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Great to come together for our CEO & Senior Managers Forum today. Special thanks to @DrMichBlanchard for her insightful presentation & our panellists from the NSW Ministry of Health @_NCOSS_ @WomenEmergency @stride_au & all our members. An important event for the sector.
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The increase to the base rate of JobSeeker and related payments will still leave more than a million people in poverty. Join politicians, community advocates, economists, and other prominent Australians calling for a substantial increase to income support: acoss.org.au/raise-the-rate-…
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ACOSS CEO @cassandragoldie on @abcnews breakfast right now sharing her reflections on the increase to #incomesupport in the #budget. Today #jobseeker is still a poverty payment and one of the lowest unemployment payments in the OECD.
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Over 1200 community members, politicians, economists, business leaders, and academics have now signed the open letter to @AlboMP urging the government to #RaiseTheRate. And the numbers continue to grow.
Click here to read the letter and add your name: acoss.org.au/raise-the-rate-…
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PWDA has signed up to the Raise the Rate Campaign asking the Australian Prime Minister to increase JobSeeker rate in the May budget. Call and email your Member of Parliament and also call the Prime Minister's Office: raisetherate.org.au/take_act…
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NEW POLLING: Our research released today and conducted by YouGov reconfirms First Nations Peoples’ support for a First Nations Voice, with 83% now in favour of a Voice and ready to vote YES. (1/2)
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The latest research from the ACOSS / COSS network Australian Community Sector Survey shows a community sector bowing under the weight of a cost of living crisis, inconsistent funding, overwhelmed staff, and unstable finances: bit.ly/3GQD4i7
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Grateful for the partnership and leadership of @_NCOSS_ in the growing movement for gambling reform in NSW. yourebeingplayed.wesleymissi…
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We thank Kate Jenkins for pointing out the inevitable - systemic discrimination has resulted in a growing cohort of older women who are retiring into poverty & housing insecurity. An immediate fix is to raise the rate.
@ACOSS @lynlinking @_NCOSS_ @JaneCaro
The 'next sex discrimination commissioner needs to focus on pulling older women out of poverty as stubborn pay & superannuation gaps leave them “very vulnerable”
“We need to appreciate that older women are looking towards poverty in their old age”
#auspol
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A new report by @anglicare_aust and @_EverybodysHome finds many essential workers are spending most of their income on rent and those in single households are likely to be in serious financial stress.
We need more affordable #housing now.
Read the report:
everybodyshome.com.au/resour…