Inspirational Queenslanders changing lives recognised at state awards
A North Queensland youth support organisation committed to protecting the human rights of young people achieved high recognition among peers at the QCOSS Queensland Community Impact Awards last night.
COSS Network calls for Queensland Government to engage respectfully with First Nations Queenslanders
The National Network of Councils of Social Service (‘the COSS Network’) are urging the Queensland Government to consult carefully and respectfully with First Nations Queenslanders and the Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry.
QCOSS congratulates new Queensland Government
Queensland’s community services Peak body, the Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS), congratulates the Honourable David Crisafulli on becoming the State’s 41st Premier and the Liberal National Party on their election victory.
Social Housing Register wait list blowout
New data has revealed Queenslanders are currently waiting almost two-and-a-half years on the social housing register.
Horrifying vision of child in Cairns police watch house
Queensland’s leading social service representatives are sickened and appalled by horrific vision of a handcuffed 14-year-old girl in a Queensland police watch house.
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.
Budget delivers for struggling Queenslanders, but concerns remain
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.
Queensland renters in survival mode facing nation’s worst rent rises
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 relief hits record high in Rockhampton
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.