Policy & Research Publications

This document outlines a scheme for a shared homeownership arrangement where the two parties concerned would be an individual (the homeowner) and a community housing… Read More

NCOSS is currently engaged in a number of projects aimed at ensuring the community sector gets the support it needs to have a sustainable future.… Read More

This report focuses on those most in need. It draws on data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to assess how living costs… Read More

This Report analyses the proposed partial lease from the point of view of NSW electricity consumers. It does not seek to answer the question of… Read More

This report presents the findings of a research project on public participation by NCOSS. Public participation is about people having a say in decisions that… Read More

NCOSS believes that social performance reporting needs to become a central feature ofgovernance in our state.

This report presents a way forward for the provision of concessions in NSW. It begins the conversation we believe is needed if concessions are to… Read More

As we approach the 2015 NSW Election, NCOSS wants to see everyone speak about the issue of poverty and disadvantage in our state, plan for… Read More

This Pre-Budget Submission seeks to balance the many pressing priorities in the community with the fact that there are limited resources available. The recommendations, therefore,… Read More

Vote 1 Fairness in NSW calls for a range of measures that will make a difference for those people and communities that are doing it… Read More

This Pre-Budget Submission follows on from Vote 1 Fairness in NSW, our election platform, and seeks through its recommendations to ensure budgetary measures are adopted… Read More

NCOSS advocates for targeted measures that address the factors leading to disadvantage and vulnerability. For us, we seek to make society fairer by focusing our… Read More