NCOSS Submission - IPART Review of Social Housing Rent ModelsNCOSS welcomes IPART's draft findings that: An income-based tenant rent contribution is the best option to ensure affordability for tenants; and The current rates for… Read More
Open Letter: Improving options for victims of domestic violence who are rentingWomen’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
Submission | Regional and Remote Early Childhood Education Strategy: Consultation PaperOn 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
NCOSS Submission to Guardianship Act Review: Question Papers 4-6.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
Disability Network Forum:Review of the Guardianship Act 1987: Response to Question Paper 6Building 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
Disability Network Forum:Review of the Guardianship Act 1987: Response to Question Paper 5This 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
Disability Network Forum:Review of the Guardianship Act 1987: Response to Question Paper 4Amoung 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
NCOSS Submission to the Draft Point to Point Transport Regulations 2017Point 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
NSW DISABILITY NETWORK FORUM Response to Productivity Commission Review of NDIS Costs: Issues PaperThis 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 Submission: Staysafe Inquiry into Driver Education, Training and Road SafetyNCOSS 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
Assistive technology: Factors to consider when assisting participants to develop their NDIS PlansThis 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
A Guide to Maximising A Person's Choice and Control Over Assistive TechnologyIn 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
