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e-Bulletin \| SACOSS News\| Information and research papers \| Submissions\| Essential Services\| Cost of Living \| Annual Reports \| State Budget Information and research papers Addendum to SACOSS Compulsory Third Party Insurance Changes Information Sheet - 30 April, 2013 Compulsory Third Party Insurance Changes Information Sheet Cost of Living Update No. 13, March 2013 South Australian Consumer Credit Legal Services: A Scoping Study, January 2013 Cost of Living Update No. 12 September 2012 Household Expenditure Factsheet - Young People Household Expenditure Factsheet - People with Disabilities Household Expenditure Factsheet - Housing SACOSS 2011-12 State Budget Snapshot, 1 June 2012 (analysis) Cost of Living Update No. 10, May 2012 Unsupported Debt: The Crisis in Financial Counselling in South Australia -- SACOSS Information Paper January 2012 Cost of Living Update No. 9, February 2012 Cost of Living Summit Report, December 2011 Cost of Living Update No. 8, November 2011 2011 SACOSS Anti-Poverty Week Statement and Survey Results Unique Peaks: The Definition, Role and Contribution of Peak Organisations in the South Australian Health and Community Services Sector -- SACOSS Information Paper May 2011 At the Crossroads: Financial Counselling in South Australia -- SACOSS Information Paper May 2011 What now for the Family and Community Development Program? A discussion on the proposed $3m budget cuts to the Family and Community Development Program, as foreshadowed by the South Australian State Government: April 2011 Alternative Employment Models in the South Australian Community Sector: Towards a Sustainable Workforce -- SACOSS Information Paper June 2010 (released November 2010) SACOSS 2010 Anti-Poverty Week Statement and Survey Results SACOSS 2010-11 State Budget Snapshot, 16 September 2010 (analysis) South Australia's Strategic Plan, What Progress on Poverty? SACOSS Information Paper September 2010 Compulsory Social Security Income Management in South Australia: SACOSS Information Paper June 2010 Australian Community Sector Survey 2010 Report -- SA chapter (Vol. 7) -- National (Vol. 1) Principles Papers 1 - 5 on Child Protection, Concessions, Housing, Law and Justice, and Social Infrastructure (released as part of the "Create a Better State" campaign) Alternative mechanisms for hearing the voice of the citizen: SACOSS Information Paper February 2009 Anti-Social Behaviour Order Consultation Results: SACOSS Information Paper November 2007 Curfews as a crime prevention measure: SACOSS Information Paper March 2007 Evaluation principles and frameworks Incarceration: unsustainable costs and diminishing returns (Click here for the MEDIA RELEASE 11 November 2008) Membership in the Australian context: SACOSS Information Paper February 2009 Policy Framework on Law and Justice Issues: SACOSS Information Paper May 2007 The Social Determinants of Health: SACOSS Information Paper December 2008 The use of public health models for gambling help services: SACOSS Information Paper December 2008 (Click here for the MEDIA RELEASE 15 December 2008) Insurance and Risk Management: Unravelling Civil Society? Fiona Verity, Flinders University of SA (2005) Submissions April 2013 Dept of the Premier and Cabinet response to SACOSS submission to ERO Pay Equity Working Group March 2013 SACOSS Response to ESCOSA SA Water Revenue Determination SACOSS Submission for National Energy Consumer Advocacy Body February 2013 SACOSS State Tax Submission SACOSS Submission to McCann Review January 2013 SACOSS Response to Pitt & Sherry Residential Energy Efficiency Scheme (REES) SACOSS Submission to CTP Insurance Reforms November 2012 SACOSS Submission to ESCOSA Issues Paper on SA Water's Regulatory Business Proposal October 2012 SACOSS Submission to ESCOSA Wholesale Electricity Cost Draft Determination SACOSS Submission to the AEMC Power of Choice Stage 3 Review SACOSS Comment on the Draft Hardship Policy for Customers of Water Industry Entities SACOSS Submission on the Heywood Interconnector SACOSS Submission on Every Chance for Every Child - New Child Development Legislation September 2012 SACOSS Submission to Senate Select Committee Inquiry into Electricity Prices August 2012 SACOSS Submission to ESCOSA Draft Water Retail Code Consultation SACOSS Submission to the Australian Energy Regulator Consultation on EltraNet's 2013-18 Transmission Network Revenue Proposal July 2012 SACOSS Submission on Electricity Standing Contract - Wholesale Electricity Costs - Comments on Retail Price Regulation, Safety Nets and Headroom - Advice to SACOSS from Carbon + Energy Markets SACOSS Submission to SA Parliament Inquiry into migrants SACOSS Submission to AEMC Market Power Draft Determination May 2012 Joint submission on Pay Day lending April 2012 SACOSS Submission to the AEMC Power of Choice - Stage 3 DSP Review SACOSS Submission to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority on the Proposed Basin Plan SACOSS Submission to ESCoSA on Origin Energy Carbon Price Pass Through Application SACOSS Submission to SA Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry into Access to and Interaction with the Justice System for People with Disabilities SACOSS Submission on the Proposed Charitable Fundraising Regulation Reform March 2012 SACOSS Submission to ESCoSA 2012 AGL Special Circumstances Review January 2012 SACOSS Submission to the Essential Services Commission of SA Re: Draft Advice on a Regulatory Rate of Return for SA Water SACOSS Submission to the Australian Energy Market Re: Potential Generator Market Power in the National Energy Market SACOSS Submission to the Essential Services Commission of SA Re: Draft Advice on Economic Regulation of the South Australian Water Industry Joint COSS Submission-response to the Australian Charities and NFP Commission exposure draft Joint COSS Submission to the Australian Government Access and Equity Inquiry December 2011 Treasury Consultation Paper: ‘A definition of charity': joint COSS submission SACOSS Submission on the National Energy Customer Framework Implementation Package Re: South Australia’s Implementation Package May 2011 SACOSS Submission to Essential Services Commission of SA — South Australia’s 2011 Gas Standing Contract Price Path Draft Decision: 9 May 2011 April 2011 SACOSS Submission to The Productivity Commission Disability Care and Support Inquiry—Draft Report: April 2011 SACOSS Submission to Australian Energy Regulator — Draft Decision on South Australia’s Gas Access Arrangements 2011-16 and Envestra’s Revised Proposal of March 2011: 27 April 2011 SACOSS Submission to 'Prospering in a Changing Climate—A Draft Climate Change Adaptation Framework for South Australia Draft Submission for Community Consultation December 2010' : April 2011 January 2011 SACOSS Submission to ESCOSA Economic Regulation of the South Australian Water Industry– Statement of Issues: January 2011 SACOSS Submission to Department of Water - Water Industry Bill 2010: January 2011 Submission to the Parliament of Australia Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform Inquiry into Pre-commitments Schemes (prepared by SACOSS on behalf of the national COSS network) >Download the SACOSS Gambling Pre-Commitment Fact Sheet SACOSS Submission on the Proposed Amendments to the Correctional Services Act 1982 and Regulations December 2010 SACOSS Submission on the Guide to the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan SACOSS Submission to the Strategic Infrastructure Plan for South Australia – 2010 Discussion Paper SACOSS Submission to ESCOSA’s 2010 Gas Standing Contract Prices November 2010 SACOSS Submission to the Social Inclusion Board Discussion Paper 'Activating Citizenship: A Social Inclusion Approach for Disability in South Australia' October 2010 SACOSS Submission to ESCOSA’s 2010 Review of Retail Electricity Standing Contract Price Path: Draft Inquiry Report & Draft Price Determination SACOSS Submission to ESCOSA Draft Decision Consumer Information Requirements for the Energy Retail Market in South Australia SACOSS Submission to ESCOSA re: Arrangements for Electricity Disconnections for Non-payment During Heatwave Conditions – Post Implementation Review and Draft Decision (September 2010) September 2010 SACOSS Submission to the Consumer Advocacy Panel Draft 2010‐12 Budget August 2010 SACOSS Submission to the Productivity Commission Disability Care and Support Inquiry SACOSS Submission to Australian Energy Regulator Re: AER Retail Market Performance Indicators July 2010 SACOSS Submission to the National Advisory Council on Mental Health March 2010 State Budget Submission 2010-2011: Building on the Blueprint January 2010 The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) Submission to the AER: ETSA Utilities 2010-2015 Distribution Price Review Part II: Draft Determination and Revised Regulatory Proposal December 2009 The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) Submission to the Productivity Commission Review into Gambling in Australia Draft Recommendations South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) Submission on the Water Industry Act September 2009 The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) Submission to the30-year Plan for Greater Adelaide August 2009 The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) Submission to the AER: ETSA Utilities Distribution Price Review 2010-2015 Submission to the AEMC Review of Energy Market Frameworks in Light of Climate Change Policies: August 2009 Submission to the Legislative Council Select Committee Enquiry on SA Water: August 2009 July 2009 The National, State and Territory Councils of Social Service (COSS) Submission to the Industrial Relations Commission: July 2009 June 2009 The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) submission into the contribution of the not-for-profit sector April 2009 National, State and Territory Councils of Social Service (COSS) Submission to the Productivity Commission Review into Gambling in Australia: April 2009 December 2008 State Budget Submission 09-10: Building on the Blueprint June 2008 Submission to the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs Review of the Fair Trading Act (34kb pdf) Submission to Which Way Home Homelessness Green Paper (38kb pdf) Submission to the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy Discussion Paper (47kb pdf) May 2008 Submission to the Legislative Council Select Committee on Peak Oil (57kb pdf) April 2008 SACOSS Submission to the Residential Energy Efficiency Scheme (REES) Consultation Paper, 4 April 2008 (1.13MB pdf) Serious and Organised Crime Control Bill 2007: Parliamentary Circular, 9 April 2008 (54kb pdf) February 2008 SACOSS Comments on the Training and Skills Development Bill 2008 (91kb pdf) > Submissions Archive

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