Poverty

The Centrelink debt recovery system is hurting people across the country. People who have done nothing wrong. People who can ill afford to be hit… Read More

Wednesday 19 October 2016 A new plan released today from the NSW Council of Social Service shows a path forward for the NSW 2017 Budget… Read More

The annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, shows a growing wealth… Read More

On Tuesday last week Treasurer Berejiklian handed down the 2016/2017 NSW Budget – outlining this Government’s vision for the future. Yesterday, at a breakfast with… Read More

NCOSS CEO Tracy Howe met fellow Anti-Poverty Week Co-Chairs last week at a meeting to kick off planning for 2016. While Anti-Poverty Week is a… Read More

A report released today by the NSW Council of Social Service of NSW (NCOSS) reveals that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in… Read More

The NSW Council of Social Service has identified the top seven actions the NSW State Government could take to make the biggest difference in the… Read More

People who experience poverty do not choose poverty, but the society that creates it does, so it’s time to choose a different way according to… Read More

People who experience poverty do not choose poverty, but the society that creates it does so it’s time to choose a different way, according to… Read More

On the eve of the Federal Budget, the COSS network urged the Commonwealth Government to address gaping holes in Australia's social safety net, releasing new… Read More

Findings today that NSW’s economy performance has returned to number one in the country means the state is in its best position in a decade… Read More

NSW has nearly nine hundred thousand people living in poverty – more than any other state – according to research that provides the most up-to-date… Read More