The five languages of love; existential irrelevance; and frank and honest conversations were all part of the budget discussion before 9:00am on Tuesday morning. Hon Coralee O’Rourke gave the keynote presentation outlining the key elements of the government’s [...]
The Honourable Coralee O’Rourke MP Minister for Communities and Minister for Disability Services and Seniors Queensland Council of Social Service State Budget Breakfast 2019 7-9am, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 I would like to respectfully acknowledge [...]
People in Queensland who are having difficulty paying their energy bills may soon find it easier to get on retailer’s hardship programs. On 29 March, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), the body responsible for ensuring [...]
The journey of more than 60 Changing Lives, Changing Communities local champions began last week in Brisbane. The initiative is part of Changing Lives, Changing Communities – a partnership with QDN and ADCQ. It is [...]
Everyone in Queensland deserves to live in a place where they can create a home – whether they rent or own their home. There are 1.5 million people who rent in Queensland and they all [...]
Are you interested in sharing your ideas and learning more about working on place-based initiatives? We heard from people working on place-based initiatives around Queensland that they would like more opportunities to meet and learn [...]
We call on the government to raise the single rate of Newstart, Youth Allowance and related payments. Over 800,000 people, including parents, carers, people with disability, other people locked out of paid work and students [...]
It is from our extensive engagement and our strong policy base that we have developed a priority statement – the actions that need to be taken by our Premier and her Ministers to make positive [...]
QCOSS attended the Financial Counsellor’s Association of Queensland (FCAQ) 2019 conference in early March. At the conference QCOSS' Senior Manager for Policy, Advocacy and Capacity Laura Barnes spoke about QCOSS’ Living Affordability in Queensland report, [...]
QCOSS welcomes the Queensland Productivity Commission’s release of its draft report into Imprisonment and Recidivism. Several of our suggestions from the QCOSS submission are specifically referenced by the report, including changing the counter-productive ‘tough on [...]