In the lead up to International Human Rights Day tomorrow 10 December, Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) acknowledges the first year of Queensland’s Human Rights Act 2019 being in effect. “This is an historic day for Queensland. 2020 is the first year we can [...]
As the clock winds down on the Queensland election campaign and costings are released, Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) CEO Aimee McVeigh is urging Labor and the LNP to commit to no funding cuts for the community services sector and to [...]
Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) CEO Aimee McVeigh has condemned the Liberal-National Party’s youth curfew policy proposal, the refusal of the Labor party to rule out implementing a similar curfew and repugnant comments about [...]
In the lead up to the state election, 16 of Queensland’s peak social service bodies have joined forces to find solutions on three major gaps in service delivery – building more social housing, increasing funding for the community services sector and reducing the number of Aboriginal and Torres [...]
Community services in regional Queensland are working hard to meet the needs of their communities as unemployment rises and pressure on the social housing system builds. QCOSS CEO Aimee McVeigh has been touring regional centres, [...]
QCOSS welcomes today’s announcement of an additional $6.2 million to extend emergency support services to vulnerable Queenslanders from the Labor party. The announcement includes $4 million for 20 community sector workers to provide financial resilience counselling to vulnerable Queenslanders, including helping them apply for no interest loans. Funding support for [...]
Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) and Tenants Queensland are today releasing an analysis of Queensland’s eviction moratorium. Analysis shows that demand for legal advice from renters has remained consistent throughout the COVID period, with [...]
Health workers, homelessness services, unions, peak bodies and community organisations have united in an open letter to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Housing Minister Mick de Brenni, urging them to extend the moratorium on residential evictions. [...]
A new survey from Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) finds the community service sector is under pressure due to COVID-19. With expected cuts to income support for 500,000 Queenslanders and the ending of the eviction moratorium for renters impacted by COVID-19, [...]
Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS), QShelter and Tenants Queensland, three of the five members of the Queensland government’s COVID-19 Housing Security Subcommittee, have criticised the decision not to extend the residential tenancy eviction moratorium. A joint statement from QCOSS CEO Aimee [...]