Queensland LNP’s housing policy welcome news
QCOSS has called this week an historic moment in Queensland’s history as it welcomed the LNP’s new housing policy.
QCOSS has called this week an historic moment in Queensland’s history as it welcomed the LNP’s new housing policy.
The 2024-25 Queensland state budget delivers the short-term financial relief struggling Queenslanders desperately need, the state’s peak body for community services says.
Despite the Miles Government’s ground breaking Homes for Queenslanders Plan, Queensland renters remain at the “brutal edge” of the national housing crisis, a landmark housing report has found.
Demand for emergency household relief has hit a record high in Rockhampton, as large families are crammed into motel rooms, and residents forego specialist medical appointments, community services warn.
Children are not attending school in Toowoomba because their parents can’t afford their lunches or fuel to get them there, social services warn.
QCOSS held a critical meeting with social services in Cairns on Thursday May 9 against the backdrop of data that demonstrates the increasing cost of living pressures.
The announcement by the State Government today of a pledge to slash $1000 off Queenslanders’ power bills will deliver welcome relief to those bearing the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis, particularly families on lower incomes.
Proposed new Queensland youth justice laws aimed to improve community safety will not keep the community safer.
The decision to disband the parliamentary committee tasked with delivering answers to Queensland’s youth crime is deeply concerning for the community, victims and the hundreds of children languishing in detention centres and adult watchhouses across Queensland.
An increasing number of Queenslanders are battling serious health issues because they cannot pay their electricity bills, according to the latest ACOSS/QCOSS 2024 Heat Survey.
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