Take Action

QCOSS offers you an easy way to TAKE ACTION by e-mailing a Minister or Local Member of Parliament directly from this site. The site allows you to choose who to e-mail and easily select them from a pick-list. If you don't know your local representative the site even allows you to pick your suburb and finds your local member for you. QCOSS has a generic Take Action site through which you can riase any issue and from time to time, QCOSS will expand or modify our TAKE ACTION site to suit special campaigns or events.
Take Action Vital Services, Decent Pay Campaign
Jan 2011
Our Equal Pay Take Action website allows you to email relevant Government Ministers and/or your local Member of Parliament to lobby for funding to match the outcome of the Equal Remuneration Case before Fair Work Australia.
Take Action Combined Voices Campaign
Jun 2011
The Combined Voices Take Action website allows you to email government ministers and/or your local member to voice your concerns about the ongoing poor safety, education and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Take Action Email a Minster or your Local Member on any issue
Jun 2011
Our general Take Action site allows you to find and email a Minster or your Local Member of Parliament to raise any issue and make your suggestions.
Take Action Fair Queensland Campaign
Jun 2011
Through the Fair Queensland Take Action website we invite you to get involved and tell us what they think a fair Queensland looks like and should be.
Take Action QCOSS Advocacy Kit
Jun 2011
QCOSS has designed an advocacy kit designed to assist our members advocating to their candidates and elected representatives. QCOSS encourages members to participate in such advocacy at every possible opportunity. We also encourage members to consider clearly advocating the issues and solutions of direct benefit to disadvantaged people and build the reputation of the sector as focussed on improving the lives of people. This kit includes the following components: Paper 1 Introduction Paper 2 Defining the issues Paper 3 Defining objectives Paper 4 Writing a letter to your MP Paper 5 Meeting your MP Paper 6 Media skills