Justice, Opportunity and Shared Wealth for all South Australians
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SACOSS is today launching its State Budget Submission 2016-17 which contains recommendations where the state government could and should do more to tackle the state’s jobs crisis.
SACOSS is today launching its State Budget Submission 2016-17 which contains recommendations where the state government could and should do more to tackle the state’s jobs crisis.
The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) cautiously welcomes the decision by ESCOSA to deliver savings for SA Water consumers in its Draft Decision but urges the Commission to go further.
“The Regulator’s Draft Decision is a welcome step in the right direction. Under this Decision, consumers can look forward to lower water bills which will be a huge relief from the high prices South Australian consumers currently pay”, said Ross Womersley, SACOSS Executive Director.
Tax reform is the big political story, but are we really having the tax debate we were promised?
Last year the tax reform process was gutted by then Prime Minister Abbott and Treasurer Hockey ruling out almost every change proposed. When Malcolm Turnbull was appointed Prime Minister we were told that all options were again on the table.
The South Australian Council of Social Service today released its Cost of Living Update for the December Quarter 2015, including a snapshot of which prices had gone up most and which had gone up least in South Australia over the last ten years.
With the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting this week to debate tax reform, it is timely to step back and ask why we need tax reform. Is it to raise more revenue to pay for public infrastructure and community services? Is to provide tax cuts to businesses or individuals? Or is it to change the tax mix – either from taxes on income to taxes on consumption, or from so-called inefficient taxes to efficient taxes?
A new report released today by the South Australian Council of Social Service has found that taxes were not a significant driver of increased cost of living pressures.
The SACOSS Cost of Living Update for the September Quarter this year found that:
The South Australian Council of Social Service welcomes the state government’s introduction of legislation to remove duplicated licence and reporting requirements for charities.
The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) welcomes Premier Weatherill’s new proposals for tax reform announced today, but stops short of endorsing all the proposals.
The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) is launching a landmark legal challenge that has the potential to significantly reduce household electricity bills in South Australia over the next five years.
Following the release today of a new national report outlining the negative impacts of potential GST changes on vulnerable and disadvantaged households, SACOSS has analysed the South Australian impacts and written to Premier Weatherill and leading South Australian Federal MPs in all political parties asking that they not agree to any tax deal or any increase in GST unless:
