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SACOSS has produced a Mid-Term Report Card on the State Labor Government’s performance. The Mid-Term Report Card assesses the performance of the Government against two benchmarks:
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Summary of cost of living changes in the December Quarter 2015. The report also looks at cost of living pressures over the last decade, highlighting the goods and services that went up the least, and the most ("the good, the bad and the ugly"). The report contrasts these prices changes with changes in incomes and finds that those on Newstart have fallen further behind.
Looking Around the Corner: A discussion on Current South Australian Power System Risks.
The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) has been active in South Australian energy market matters for some time, especially in relation to consumer protection, retail pricing and network determinations, but has not generally commented on issues associated with NEM (National Energy Market) wholesale markets … until now.
Better Solutions for Helping Customers with Financial Difficulties: Energy and Water. A cross-sector approach to supporting vulnerable consumers.
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The Retail and Exemption Framework: Emerging Issues for Consumers. A report on the growing concern with consumer protection arrangements for exempt consumers.
This report focuses on the retail and network exemption framework. On-sellers and embedded network operators (who are usually one and the same person) are granted an exemption by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) from obtaining a retailer authorisation, and (separately) an exemption from registration with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) as a distribution business.
A summary of cost of living changes in the September Quarter which shows that taxes were not a significant driver of cost of living pressures.
In early October SACOSS held a series of face to face consultations with consumers and consumer representatives to consider SA Power Networks’ (SAPN) proposed demand tariffs. The aim of these consultations was to inform consumers of the proposed changes and to document their response. These consultations were supplemented by telephone interviews with business consumer
representatives.
A summary of cost of living changes in the June Quarter with relatively low price increases and a generally better quarter for vulnerable and disadvantaged people. There is no feature article in this issue.
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Independence in the Not-for-Profit Sector is a joint ACTCOSS and SACOSS report. It sets out the findings of a research project investigating the meaning of independence in the community not-for-profit (NFP) sector. While frequently independence is a central concept in debate on the NFP sector, the meaning of independence is taken for granted.
