Justice, Opportunity and Shared Wealth for all South Australians
Download SACOSS Submission on the 3G Network Closure
This is a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport's inquiry into the closure of the 3G telecommunications network. It highlights issues of affordability caused by devices being made redundant, and calls for action beyond simply informing consumers about which devices will be impacted by the closure.
Contrary to the available evidence, the Discussion Paper’s proposals do not constitute a diversionary approach. They fly in the face of the state-based, national and international available expertise, and further serve to harm and criminalise children, and make South Australian communities less safe.
Submission to the Australian Energy Regulator on its Retail Guidelines Review: Draft Guideline
Download: Submission to the Australian Energy Regulator on its Retail Guidelines Review: Draft Guideline
Download Submission on Cost of Living
This submission to the Senate Select Committee focuses largely on data (or lack of data) on cost of living issues, the need to understand cost of living pressures as applying very differently to different households (and not at all to some households), and as being not just about prices but fundamentally impacted by housing, income and social transfers in kind.
Submission to ESCOSA on the SA Water Regulatory Determination 2024: Draft Decision
Download: Submission to ESCOSA on the SA Water Regulatory Determination 2024: Draft Decision
Download: Policy Brief - USG Planning
This Policy Brief is a stand-alone version of the proposal in the SACOSS 2024-25 State Budget Submission calling for social impact and human services planning for the Upper Spencer Gulf.
Download: Policy Brief - USG Planning - Gender Issues
This Policy Brief is a supplement to the proposal in the SACOSS 2024-25 State Budget Submission calling for social impact and human services planning for the Upper Spencer Gulf. It highlights some gender implications of the development and the need for a gender lens in planning.
Joint submission to the Australian Energy Regulator on the Default Market Offer Net System Load Profile Approach
In responding to the focus of the Public Inquiry being led by the South Australian Parliament’s Social Development Committee, our submission highlights the importance of having a Human Rights Act in South Australia, and the ways in which such an enactment would improve the everyday lives and rights of people living in this State, as well as enabling more effective governance.
Download: Submission on Human Rights Act for SA
