FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Ncoss - Caught on Camera

NSW gambling scheme relies on ‘embarrassing and not credible’ research, clubs and hotels warn

Powerful industry groups oppose mandatory accounts for gamblers to help monitor everyone using poker machines

The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2024

Even wealthy Australians avoiding GP visits as cost of living hurts access to healthcare

Exclusive: NSW Council of Social Services report finds ‘dramatic increase’ in number of people delaying or not seeing GP due to cost

The Guardian - AU · Oct 22, 2024

NSW urged to end ‘shameless rort’ giving clubs a tax break for spending pokies revenue

Scheme allows clubs to reduce tax bill if gambling profits are used for ‘community development and support’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2023

One million people are living below the poverty line in NSW, census data has revealed

Exclusive: The figure includes one in seven children, with western Sydney suffering the highest rates of child poverty

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2023

NSW Labor call for power bills relief

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns is calling for parliament to reconvene to curb soaring power bills as social service groups urge more relief for consumers.

AAP · Dec 12, 2022

Tax-free grants to community causes from NSW clubs ‘regularly’ funnelled back into clubs themselves

Peak welfare body among those concerned over scheme by which NSW clubs make tax-deductible donations to community organisations – including their own entities

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2022

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 Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2022

Remote learning to cost NSW kids $16.1b

A new report says NSW kids will suffer the cost of remote education for their entire lives due to disengagement, worse mental health and developmental delays.

AAP · Oct 21, 2022

Social services support NSW land tax plan

While reforming stamp duty will improve housing affordability, the NSW Council of Social Service also wants the government to build 5000 social houses a year.

AAP · Oct 9, 2022

Burmese migrant steps in as digital literacy gap leaves people exposed to disadvantage

Burmese migrant Lat Aung Nanghee moved to Australia in 2013 and found it difficult to access government services online. He is making sure others don't have the same experience.

ABC News · Sep 11, 2022