Policy & Research Publications

While the NSW Government’s 2015/16 Budget has a focus on fiscal strength and infrastructure spending, it also provides for a welcome expansion of a number… Read More

NCOSS consulted with communities and members across the state about what actions would make a difference for the 1 in 7 children living in poverty… Read More

This NCOSS brief summarises NSW Health's response to the Grants Management Improvement Taskforce report. NSW Health initiated a review of NGO funding and administration in… Read More

This report to highlights that all of us – along with our family, friends, neighbours and communities – are just one step away from poverty… Read More

This document outlines a scheme for a shared homeownership arrangement where the two parties concerned would be an individual (the homeowner) and a community housing… Read More

NCOSS is currently engaged in a number of projects aimed at ensuring the community sector gets the support it needs to have a sustainable future.… Read More

This report focuses on those most in need. It draws on data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to assess how living costs… Read More

This Report analyses the proposed partial lease from the point of view of NSW electricity consumers. It does not seek to answer the question of… Read More

This report presents the findings of a research project on public participation by NCOSS. Public participation is about people having a say in decisions that… Read More

NCOSS believes that social performance reporting needs to become a central feature ofgovernance in our state.

This report presents a way forward for the provision of concessions in NSW. It begins the conversation we believe is needed if concessions are to… Read More

As we approach the 2015 NSW Election, NCOSS wants to see everyone speak about the issue of poverty and disadvantage in our state, plan for… Read More