Submission to ESCOSA on SA Water's 2020-2024 Regulatory Business Proposal: 'Our Plan' 2020
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Submission to ESCOSA on SA Water's 2020-2024 Regulatory Business Proposal: 'Our Plan' 2020
19 December 2019
SACOSS 72nd Annual Report 2018-19
20 November 2019
The SACOSS 72nd Annual Report 2018-19 highlights a year of change, and how SACOSS has worked within it to advocate for justice, equality and shared opportunity in South Australia. We have begun working with new governments at both State and Federal levels, though naturally much of our work has focused on our relationships within the State.
Senate Inquiry into Regional Inequality
18 November 2019
The SACOSS Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics' inquiry into regional inequality focuses on regional poverty, the digital divide and the importance of local community organisations. The submissions makes 7 recommendations, including raising the rate of Newstart, subsiding NBN costs for households on income support, and ensuring government health and community service procurement operations properly recognise the social capital of local non-government organisations.
Submission to the Department for Energy and Mining on the Retailer Energy Efficiency Scheme Review: Directions Paper
1 November 2019
Submission to the Department for Energy and Mining on the Retailer Energy Efficiency Scheme Review: Directions Paper
Briefing Note: SACOSS' Land Tax and Public Housing Investment Proposal
24 October 2019
Download the Briefing Note: SACOSS Land Tax and Public Housing Proposal
The SACOSS proposals are that the government’s bill be amended to:
Submission to ESCOSA on the Small-Scale Networks Inquiry: Framework and Approach Paper
5 October 2019
Submission to ESCOSA on the Small-Scale Networks Inquiry: Framework and Approach Paper
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Briefing Note: Land Tax Aggregation - Myths and Misdirections
3 October 2019
A quick response to many of the claims and arguments we have heard raised against the proposed changes to land tax aggregation. Download: Land Tax Aggregation - Myths and Misdirections
For the full SACOSS position on the land tax proposal, see our submission on the Draft Land Tax (Miscellaneous) Amendments Bill
Draft Land Tax (Miscellaneous) Amendments Bill 2019
1 October 2019
The SACOSS submission supports the proposed changes to land tax aggregation to minimise tax avoidance and make the system fairer, but we do not support the extent of the tax cuts which are also part of the Bill. SACOSS is proposing different tax scales and to use the extra revenue to invest in public and community housing to help reverse the decline in these much needed resources.
Submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission on Regulating Conditional Discounting Rule Change Request
19 September 2019
Submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission on Regulating Conditional Discounting Rule Change Request
Senate Inquiry on Adequacy of Newstart and other matters
17 September 2019
Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into the Adequacy of Newstart and other matters. The SACOSS submission is short and focuses on raising the rate of Newstart. It basically supports the ACOSS submission, highlights the SA Legislative Council Committee on Poverty which recommended that Newstart be increased, and notes the last SACOSS Cost of Living Report which shows that Newstart has not kept pace with cost of living for the last 3 years.