Australian Council of Social Service

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is an Australian organisation that advocates for action to reduce poverty and inequality, and is the peak body for the community services sector in Australia. It was formed in 1956.[1]

Australian Council of Social Service
TypeNon-profit
Founded1956 (1956)
Headquarters,
Australia
Area served
Australia
Key people
  • Tony Reidy (President)
  • Hang Vo (Vice President)
Websiteacoss.org.au

ACOSS is active in areas of social policy, including community sector policy, climate and energy, economics and tax, income support and employment, health, housing and homelessness, and poverty and inequality.

The current ACOSS CEO is Dr Cassandra Goldie who was previously the Director of the Sex Discrimination Unit at the Australian Human Rights Commission (HREOC).

The ACOSS CEO is often interviewed by Australian media for comment and analysis on social matters and policies of the Government of Australia.

Governance

ACOSS has a 9-person volunteer Board of Governors, elected according to the Rules of Association adopted in August 2017.

Presidents

  • January 2016 - current: Tony Reidy
  • January 2015 - December 2016: Micaela Cronin
  • December 2013 - January 2015: Francis Lynch
  • November 2009 – November 2013: Simon Schrapel
  • May–November 2009: David Thompson (interim)
  • 2005-May 2009: Lin Hatfield Dodds
  • 2001-2005: Andrew McCallum
  • 1997-2000: Michael Raper
  • 1993-1997: Robert Fitzgerald
  • 1989-1993: Merle Mitchell
  • 1985-1989: Julian Disney

Members

State and Territory Councils of Social Service

  • ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS)
  • NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS)
  • South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS)
  • Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS)
  • Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)
  • Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS)
  • Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)
  • Western Australia Council of Social Service (WACOSS)

National organisation members

National constituency organisation members

References

  1. Philip Mendes Inside the Welfare Lobby: A History of the Australian Council of Social Service
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