SACOSS

 

Information and research papers

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)