Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NCOSS to speak with Riverina social service workers

The New South Wales Council of Social Services (NCOSS) says some Riverina residents are deprived of access to basic services. NCOSS is in Wagga today, Deniliquin tomorrow and Albury on Thursday to ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NCOSS-commissioned research reveals 80 per cent spike in financial stress for NSW mortgage holders

The poverty rate in regional NSW is higher than Greater Sydney, according to research commissioned by the NSW Council of Social Services Cooks Hill in Newcastle and parts of the Mid North Coast and ...
Sydney Morning Herald

NCOSS report: Improved concessions needed for low income earners

The state's peak social services body has recommended simplifying the concessions system as a new report revealed current rebates and discounts can be hard to access and do not keep up with the cost ...
Sydney Morning Herald

NCOSS cost of living study shows poor are left behind

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. One in seven people in NSW - more than a million - are living below the poverty line, which is ...
The Guardian

Promised review of concerns about NSW pokies grants results in a ‘brief update’ by regulator

NSW Council for Social Services says the gambling authority did not address the ‘substantive issues’ it raised with the regulator The New South Wales gaming regulator conducted only a “brief update” ...