Reports

Annual SACOSS Briefing to the Minister for Energy

Download: Annual SACOSS Briefing to the Minister for Energy

This report and analysis were put together by Renew on behalf of SACOSS. It compares different choices of heating and cooling devices as well as thermal efficiency in different modelled households based on real floorplans, providing insight into the impacts for Adelaide households of replacing inefficient appliances and conducting energy efficiency retrofits. It further assesses the impacts of rising energy prices by comparing the costs paid by households in different energy scenarios, looking at both before and after the 23.9% increase in the Default Market Offer tariffs.

SACOSS is concerned both by the potential unintended consequences of changes to legislation around South Australians' rights to peaceful protest, and the speed with which these changes are being made.
 
South Australia's record of progress arising from the work of the labour, environmental, and civil society movements is an enviable one. And peaceful protest has often been vital in helping achieve this progress.
 

SACOSS is calling for the introduction of a Human Rights Act for South Australia because every person – no matter their race, abilities, political beliefs, gender identification, sexuality, religion, age or cultural background or other characteristic – should be treated equitably.  To acknowledge this is to acknowledge that we all have human rights. And that these are universal, meaning they are for everyone, everywhere, all of the time.