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Joint Submission to the Climate Change Authority Power System Security, Electricity Prices and Emission Reductions

1 May 2017

Joint Submission to the Climate Change Authority Power System Security, Electricity Prices and Emission Reductions

Download: Joint Submission to the Climate Change Authority Power System Security, Electricity Prices and Emission Reductions

Submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission's System Security Market Frameworks Review

24 April 2017

Submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission's System Security Market Frameworks Review

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Submission: Robo-Debt Inquiry

5 April 2017

Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into the “Design, Scope, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Contracts Awarded and Implementation Associated with the Better Management of the Social Welfare System Initiative” (otherwise known as Robo-Debt Inquiry).

SACOSS has joined with ACOSS and others across Australia in calling for Robo-Debt to be scrapped immediately. SACOSS has argued that the program has unrecoverable design and operational flaws and is causing enormous distress to thousands of low-income and vulnerable people.

Submission to the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market

8 March 2017

Submission to the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market

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Submission to the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market

Submission to Essential Services Commission of South Australia Inquiry into Regulatory Arrangements for Small-scale Water, Sewerage and Energy Services

24 February 2017

Submission to Essential Services Commission of South Australia Inquiry into Regulatory Arrangements for Small-scale Water, Sewerage and Energy Services

Download: Submission to Essential Services Commission of South Australia Inquiry into Regulatory Arrangements for Small-scale Water, Sewerage and Energy Services

Submission: Draft Rule Determination - National Electricity Amendment (Emergency Frequency Control Schemes) Rule 2017

8 February 2017

Submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission on Draft Rule Determination - National Electricity Amendment (Emergency Frequency Control  Schemes) Rule 2017.

Download: Submission: Draft Rule Determination - National Electricity Amendment (Emergency Frequency Control  Schemes) Rule 2017

Submission: Children and Young People (Safety) Bill 2016

25 January 2017

Submission to the Attorney-General's Department on the draft of the Children and Young People (Safety) Bill 2016 arguing for a greater focus on prevention and early intervention.

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Submission: Productivity Commission Draft Report on Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation

19 January 2017

The submission argues that the Productivity Commission's Draft Report underestimates the importance of affordability issues and that these can't simply be shunted off to the tax-welfare system separate from the Universal Service Obligation. The submission draws on the data from SACOSS recent report on telecommunications affordability, Connectivity Costs

Joint COSS Submission: ACNC 2017 Annual Information Statement

6 October 2016

A joint submission with the Councils of Social Service in each state and territory, and ACOSS, to the charities regulator in response to their discussion paper on the content of the 2017 Annual Information Statement.

Download the Submission on the ACNC 2017 Annual Information Statement

Submission to Essential Services Commission of South Australia Inquiry into Regulatory Arrangements for Small-scale Water, Sewerage and Energy Services

23 September 2016

Submission to Essential Services Commission of South Australia Inquiry into Regulatory Arrangements for Small-scale Water, Sewerage and Energy Services

Download: Submission to Essential Services Commission of South Australia Inquiry into Regulatory Arrangements for Small-scale Water, Sewerage and Energy Services