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Latest news: ACTCOSS

ACT Greens launch housing policy

Local Nicholas Fuller -
The ACT Greens have launched their first policy platform for the 2024 election: addressing the housing crisis.

Canberrans can make a difference this Anti-Poverty Week

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Anti-Poverty Weeks, held this year from 15 to 27 October, help the Australian community to better understand poverty and collectively end it.

ACTCOSS: Inclusive energy transition or risk disadvantage

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Transitioning the ACT from fossil fuels to electricity could be grim for low-income Canberrans, unless they are prioritised from the outset.

ACTCOSS says gaps remain in budget funding

Local Newstime Media -
ACTCOSS welcomed funding in the ACT Budget but called for the ACT Government to increase service delivery by community organisations.

ACT Budget: More funding for community sector

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The ACT Government will increase funding to community sector organisations by $15 million to reflect a recent Fair Work Commission decision.

Cost of living rises impact low-income Canberrans, women

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Living costs in the ACT have reached their highest levels in 20 years, and women disproportionately face the effects of these increases.

ACT Budget: Immediate relief for homeless

Local Nicholas Fuller -
$20 million for homeless services will provide “immediate relief and support, until new housing can be built, the ACT Government announced.

Concerns over minimum age of criminal responsibility in ACT

Local Nicholas Fuller -
The ACT could raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 – but children would still be held responsible for serious offences.

ACT Greens call for two-year rent freeze

Local Nicholas Fuller -
The ACT Greens have called for a two-year rent freeze and a 2 per cent cap on all rent increases – opinions differ.

ACTCOSS: Community sector cannot meet demand

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Disadvantage and poverty are growing in the ACT, and demand for support services has increased, but funding is insufficient, and services are not adequately staffed, according to the ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS)’s community sector snapshot, published this week.

‘There’s no excuse’: Cost of living crisis pushes more Canberrans into poverty

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Poverty, hunger, and homelessness are rising across Australia - and even affluent Canberra, the nation's capital, is not immune.

ACT community sector calls for no cuts to homeless services funding

Local Nicholas Fuller -
ACT community organisations are worried that the Commonwealth will cut funding for homelessness services from July.

Community sector Careers Gateway launched in ACT

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The newly developed ACT Community Sector Careers Gateway aims to draw new people to this growing sector and retain current workers.

ROGS: Indigenous overrepresentation in ACT justice system worsening

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 20 times more likely to be in prison in the ACT than non-Indigenous people.

ACTCOSS calls for just and inclusive transition from gas

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ACTCOSS released its plan for A Just and Inclusive Gas Transition in the ACT - and equity is front and centre,

ACTCOSS: Indigenous children overrepresented

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are overrepresented in child protection and youth justice systems.
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