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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.
The Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety is a department in the Queensland Government which is responsible for providing a number of social services. Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence are responsible for the ...
[37] [38] It came a year after a report by organisations including the Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) and community groups such as the Red Cross, which detailed widespread harassment by police of the socially vulnerable. Approximately 75% of interviewees made such claims, but the report was ignored by the government.
The Commission recommended Queensland's 156 councils be reduced to 72, 32 Aboriginal and island councils will be reduced to 14, and as a result, 724 fewer elected council representatives. [ 23 ] The recommendations divided Queensland's mayors and sparked angry campaigns and protests against the reforms. [ 24 ]
She first entered Parliament at the 1998 election, winning the seat of Archerfield after the retirement of sitting member Len Ardill. [2]Archerfield was abolished in a redistribution ahead of the 2001 state election, and Struthers followed most of her constituents into the new seat of Algester, [3] which she held until her defeat in the 2012 election.
In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, Walsh was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her service to the community, supporting people with mental health issues, the homeless and children through various social welfare initiatives. [12] Walsh was named as a Queensland Great in 2021 as a reward for her social justice advocacy .. [6]
The department develops and implements social policy. The head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Social Services, currently Michael Lye, [3] who reports to the Minister for Social Services. The head office of the department is located in the Australian Capital Territory suburb of Greenway.
The Queensland Public Service provides public services to the people of Queensland, Australia on behalf of the Government of Queensland. Typically these are services that are deemed important by the government and which the government believes will be delivered less efficiently, effectively or cheaply if outsourced to the private marketplace.