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Community sector forced to carry the costs of the crisis

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 27th April 2022 -  ACOSS is calling on the next government to address the “chronic underfunding” of the community sector.  The community sector is underfunded, overworked and underpaid – that is the…

Responding to Labor’s policies, calls for a treechange and the power of the care economy

Contributor, Thursday, 17th March 2022 -  All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.

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ACOSS welcomes the announcement by the federal opposition outlining its proposed community sector policies…

Labor issues promise to work in partnership with the community sector

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 16th March 2022 -  The federal opposition has outlined its proposed community sector policies, in a move welcomed by the sector. The Labor party has pledged to support a stronger, more diverse and more…

Community sector braces for next COVID crisis

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 17th January 2022 -  “If we close, people who rely on us can’t get help.”  Community service leaders fear vulnerable people will be left to fend for themselves as the Omicron variant forces frontline…

Community organisations fear innovation backtrack

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 15th December 2021 -  Experts say significant investment in technology, resources and upskilling is needed if progress is to be maintained While community organisations successfully innovated to …

Lack of career prospects driving community and disability workers away

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 16th November 2021 -  Nearly one in six community service workers are planning to move away from the sector  Despite disability and care sector workers being proud of the work they do, many report wanting…

‘Selflessness, commitment and dedication’: Community sector celebrated in honours list

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 26th January 2021 -  Over 43 per cent of the 2021 awards are for outstanding service or achievement in the community, in a year when the Honours List has courted controversy Hundreds of people from the community…

A decade of reviews with little social progress in between, new report reveals

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 14th December 2020 -  Experts say the community sector must take the cycle of inaction into their own hands For nearly a decade the government has been making the same recommendations for community sector…

COVID-19 leaves community sector ‘approaching crisis point’

Luke Michael, Friday, 18th September 2020 -  Workers in the community sector have reported feeling “exhausted and burned out” Community sector leaders warn that organisations will not be able to cope with surging COVID-fueled…

Data collaborations enabling innovation

Mike Davis, Wednesday, 24th June 2020 -  Mike Davis shares some of the key lessons TaskForce learned from a recent collaboration and what it means for the community sector.  When I first arrived at TaskForce we used multiple…

We are all in this together, but for some, the stakes are as high as it gets

Cassandra Goldie, Tuesday, 28th April 2020 -  To succeed, we must lift up the partnership with the community sector, business and unions, working with government and researchers, to focus on delivering for people and communities…

COVID-19 holds a mirror up to us

Julie Edwards, Friday, 10th April 2020 -  Once we get a chance to catch our collective breath we need to lift our gaze and ask ourselves: what kind of world do we want to live in, writes Jesuit Social Services CEO Julie Edwards,…

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