Policy & Research Publications

Women’s Legal Service NSW along with 87 other organisations, including NCOSS, have written to Minister Kean and Minister Goward, urging the NSW Government to expand the… Read More

On behalf of the NSW Children’s Services Forum, NCOSS provided a submission into the Regional and Remote Early Childhood Education Strategy: Consultation Paper, which is… Read More

In addition to endorsing the DNF’s response, NCOSS takes this opportunity to highlight key points raised in the Question Papers as they relate to older… Read More

Building on our responses to earlier Question Papers, we focus on the importance of the Guardianship Act reflecting and promoting an empowered view of people… Read More

This submission argues that: it unnecessary to use a specific definition of capacity in the context of medical and dental decisions. The presumption of capacity… Read More

Amoung other points, this submission argues:: argues that NSW Civil And Administrative Tribunal’s powers in relation to the making, review, and revocation of guardianship and… Read More

Point to Point transport forms an increasingly important proportion of the available transport options for a wide range of vulnerable groups in our community. NCOSS is… Read More

This submission focuses on areas of investment that will reduce long-term NDIS costs. The areas of investment we focus on are: systemic advocacy to assist… Read More

NCOSS welcomes this opportunity to provide input to the current inquiry into driver education, training and road safety. For many people with low incomes, particularly… Read More

This information sheet was developed by NCOSS in collaboration with members of the Assistive Technology Community Alliance of NSW (ATCAN). It is directed at Local… Read More

In assisting people to prepare for the NDIS, it is important the NDIS planners and Local Area Coordinators (LAC) are aware of  assistive technology (AT)… Read More

In this submission NCOSS draws attention to several broad areas of principle that are common across all of the draft District Plans, and reiterate recommendations… Read More