Policy & Research Publications

  The Impact of COVID-19 on Staff Wellbeing in the Social Service Sector in NSW report explores the nature and extent of the impacts of… Read More

The Other Frontline: The essential role of place-based NGOs during the Delta and Omicron COVID-19 outbreaks in NSW explores how place-based and small-to-medium sized social… Read More

As NSW recovered from the 2019-20 Summer Bushfires and the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Australia in February 2020, there was no indication… Read More

NCOSS has made a brief submission to the NSW Treasury consultation paper on Follow the Dollar Reform in NSW, which seeks to empower the NSW… Read More

In response to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into crisis communication with CALD communities during COVID, NCOSS in partnership with the Muslim Women Australia, lodged a… Read More

About The University of Sydney Policy Reform Project The University of Sydney Policy Reform Project facilitates University of Sydney students to write research papers for… Read More

NCOSS has made a submission to the Independent review of Australia’s COVID-19 response established by Paul Ramsay Foundation, Minderoo Foundation and the John and Myriam… Read More

  NCOSS has released its annual Cost of Living in NSW research investigating cost-of-living pressures for people living below the poverty line and low-income households… Read More

Introduction The 2022-23 NSW Budget has been released at a time of soaring cost of living pressures, ongoing challenges with high community transmission of COVID-19,… Read More

See NCOSS's submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Homelessness in People Over 55

Non-government organisations (NGOs) that do the heavy lifting during times of crisis need adequate resourcing to cover the growing administrative load they carry – that’s… Read More

NCOSS has made a submission to the NSW Independent Flood Inquiry amidst ongoing consultations with the NGOs in the Northern Rivers impacted by, and supporting… Read More