The NCOSS Blog is the place to keep up-to-date with the work being done by NCOSS and the latest events and information of importance to the NSW Community Services sector.
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Rural & Regional
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Date added: 15 June 2009 |
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Today NCOSS attended a meeting with Regional Arts Australia at NSW Parliament House. This meeting forms part of a national series of facilitated informal discussions with state based organisations in order to identify areas of common interest, concern and opportunity that arises from our work in regional areas. Also attending the meeting were representatives from the Country Women’s Association, School for Volunteer Management, Regional Arts NSW and the P&C Federation.
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Rural & Regional
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Date added: 29 May 2009 |
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29 May 2009
Container deposit schemes, such as the one in South Australia, levy a returnable deposit (10¢) on all drink bottles, cans and cartons. The deposit is able to be redeemed at depots collecting the containers.
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Rural & Regional
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Date added: 14 May 2009 |
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NCOSS is a member of the Charles Sturt University Institute of Land, Water and Society (ILWS) Advisory Board and attended a meeting on the 12 May.
The purpose of the ILWS is to be an internationally recognised provider of integrated research that is contributing to enhanced social, economic and environmental sustainability in rural and regional areas.
Key issues discussed at the meeting included future and existing research and indigenous related research.
Further information about the ILWS:
www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws
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Children and Young People
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Date added: 06 May 2009 |
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NCOSS along with ACWA, AbSec, Create Foundation, FaMs, LCSA and YAPA held a sector forum on the Wood Inquiry and the “Keep Them Safe” Action Plan.
The forum was attended by over 30 and discussed the implications for the sector of the report and Action Plan, focusing on our own expectations and concerns and how we, as a sector, can ensure better outcomes for children, young people and families.
A key issue was the varied levels of knowledge about the consequences and the different understandings people had about how the new “system” might operate on the ground. The impact of other processes such as the Homelessness Framework, The Garling Report and the Domestic & Family Violence Framework was also considered.
The organising bodies have agreed that we continue to hold such forums to share and develop our understanding of the issues and how, as a sector, we can best address these.
The next Forum will be specifically for peak organisations to discuss the implications of “Keep Them Safe” for NGOs whose primary focus is not child protection and will be held on 10 June.
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Human Rights
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Date added: 28 April 2009 |
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NCOSS and the Australian Human Rights Commission today co-hosted a workshop on human rights and the community sector. There is a common misconception that only those that know about law can talk about human rights. This workshop recognised the important role of the community sector in supporting and advocating for people’s human rights.
The outcome of the workshop was to assist the community sector in writing submissions to the National Human Rights Consultation.
More info:
website: www.humanrightsconsultation.gov.au
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