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A new campaign to celebrate South Australia’s community service sector is today seeing the names of many of its workers and volunteers scroll like film credits on public screens across the state.
Domestic, family and sexual violence survivor advocates and community organisations say the South Australian government must act swiftly to implement updates to state alcohol laws to reduce violence against women and children.
New research by South Australian Council of Social Service shows that funding for community services is not keeping pace with the costs of service provision, further risking cuts to vital services and organisational sustainability.
The South Australian Council of Social Service has welcomed the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence’s report With Courage: South Australia’s Vision Beyond Violence.
As part of National Homelessness Week, SACOSS and Hutt St Centre are calling for urgent government action to tackle substantial levels of homelessness amid SA’s ongoing housing crisis.
SACOSS appoints new Chief Executive Officer, Dr Catherine Earl.
Tomorrow's state budget represents a perfect opportunity for the government to do more to address inequality and disadvantage
SACOSS today welcomed the national wage increase of 3.5% which will apply to community sector workers under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) award, but said that it highlighted the need for indexation of state government funding of community services to increase to cover the wage rise.