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6 February 2012
The Commonwealth and all State and Territory Governments have agreed to
national reform of Australia’s health system over the next five years.
The reforms aim to improve health outcomes and ensure the sustainability
of the health system.
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23 January 2012
NCOSS has long advocated for improved pay and conditions for workers in social and community service organisations. This is an integral part of our sustained advocacy for fair and proper funding that ensures the best quality of service delivery and improved outcomes for the most vulnerable people and communities.
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19 December 2011
On 3 August 2011, the Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing, The Hon George Souris, MP, introduced into Parliament the Gaming Machine Tax Amendment Bill 2011. The Bill will significantly alter the Community Development and Support Expenditure (CDSE) Scheme, including changing the scheme's name to the ClubGRANTS scheme.
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31 August 2011
Includes: New system introduced | Ombudsman's Report on Keep Them Safe - new!| Family Referral Services | Keep Them Safe Annual Report Released | Coalition for Children in Care | Premier announces more Keep Them Safe initiatives | Consultation on NGO capacity building and workforce development | Information Fora | Keeping Accountable
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23 August 2011
The NSW Health Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Program provides funding to eligible organisations for the provision of specified health services and projects in NSW.
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19 August 2011
The Productivity Commission has proposed a National Disability lnsurance
Scheme because it has determined that the current disability support system
is underfunded, unfair, fragmented and inefficient and gives people with a
disability little choice and no certainty of access to appropriate supports.
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16 August 2011
On 13 May 2011, the NSW Premier, Barry O’Farrell, and the Minister for Citizenship and Communities, Victor Dominello MP, announced the development of a NSW Volunteering Strategy. A discussion paper has been released by NSW Office of Communities.
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25 May 2011
On 20 May 2011 the NSW Government gazetted some significant amendments to the Affordable Rental Housing State Environmental Planning Policy.
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29 April 2011
Research undertaken by the Social Policy Research Centre in 2010 was commissioned by Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC), Department of Human Services and aimed to provide a profile of non-government community service organisations (the sector) funded by the NSW Government.
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4 March 2011
Includes: National health reform: Outcomes of the 30th Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting, 13 February 2011 | COAG – First Reports Assessing the Performance of Governments against National Agreements | National Health and Hospital Network Agreement | Splitting HACC | Consultation on a National Standard Chart of Accounts | SPPs | CSTDA | National reform Agenda
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9 December 2010
NCOSS has welcomed the announcement by the NSW Government that
substantial funding has been allocated to delivering support and
services for people with disability in NSW. This announcement is the
culmination of extensive consultation that considered what needed to be
done in the second phase of Stronger Together, the Government’s plan to deliver better services for people with disability.
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6 December 2010
Everyone knows that a serious shortage of affordable rental housing is one of the biggest problems facing low to moderate income households in New South Wales. It’s time to do something about it.
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17 November 2010
NCOSS and the NSW Oral Health Alliance is seeking your help to get oral health on the election agenda.
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15 November 2010
The NSW Aged Care Alliance met in late November with the Minister for Ageing, the Hon Peter Primrose and Shadow Minister Andrew Constance to discuss priorities older people in NSW.
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11 November 2010
The NSW Election on 26 March 2011 provides an opportunity to get political parties and politicians to commit to policies and programs that enhance the wellbeing of vulnerable children, young people and families in NSW. We are seeking your support for the Keeping Accountable: What’s Good about Wood campaign.
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21 October 2010
The 7th Australian Community Sector Survey is now on-line! The survey provides an important snapshot of how disadvantaged Australians are faring, and is a powerful means of highlighting to government and media the issues facing community services. It is the only annual national survey collecting data about the non-government, non-profit community services and welfare sector.
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2 August 2010
Following approval by the Federal Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek, the NSW Government has released the finalised Regional Homelessness Action Plans for the ten regions across the state.
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29 June 2010
Includes: Latest News | Extra $10 million announced for Neighbourhood and Community Centres | CSGP on YouTube
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25 Oct 2010
The Associations Incorporation Act 2009 was passed by NSW Parliament on 31 March 2009. The Draft Associations Incorporation Regulation 2009 were released for public comment on 25 November 2009 and the consultation period has now closed. NCOSS submitted its recommendations to the Associations Incorporations draft Regulation.
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15 January 2010
The national, state and territory Councils of Social Service have prepared a fact sheet on the award modernisation process for the social and community service sector.
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30 November 2009
The first NCOSS Indigenous Women’s Leadership Program, specifically for Aboriginal women working in the community sector, has been successfully completed by seven outstanding women.
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9 October 2009
The NGO sector and NSW Health agreed to undertake a Review of the NSW Health NGO Program at a meeting in early December 2008. NSW Health has prepared a discussion paper a Discussion Paper that presents issues for consideration.
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4 September 2009
This significant new research on the NSW NGO workforce, commissioned by the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Community Services, highlights many of the critical workforce issues previously identified by the sector.
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11 June 2009
The PADP Community Alliance warmly welcomes the Final Report of the NSW Legislative Council’s Inquiry into the Program of Appliances for Disabled People (PADP).
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9 March 2009
The NCOSS ICT Strategy Report "Community Connexions: Addressing the Information and Communications Technology Needs of the NSW NGO Human Services Sector” details a three-year integrated strategy to address the current and emerging ICT needs of the sector.
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18 December 2008
The NCOSS Sector Development Seminar on Shared Services, held on the 10th of November 2008, attracted a capacity audience of NGOs and Government agencies. The Seminar provided an opportunity to find out about the latest research and learn from the ‘practice’ of other NGOs and other sectors. Speakers included academic researchers, as well as NGO professionals with first-hand experience of ‘sharing services’.
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8 December 2008
The Senate Economics Committees report was released on the 4th of December and it includes several recommendations that, if implemented, will have significant implementations for the sector.
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2 December 2008
Each year NCOSS has put together a summary of the key social and economic trends in NSW as part of its Pre-Budget Submission. In 2008 we have decided to create a separate report of these trends. The purpose of this document is as a resource to the sector and to provide a way to measure and monitor the outcomes of the State Plan.
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8 July 2008
The development of a state-wide industry plan for the sector was a priority recommendation in the last NCOSS Pre-Budget Submission to the NSW Government.
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