Cost of Living

For many Victorians, rental homes will be homes for life – places where we grow up, raise a family, work,

Getting a car dealer to fix a dodgy vehicle they should never have sold is currently too hard in Victoria.

The Victorian Government has assured VCOSS that vulnerable households will not pay any extra on their energy bills to achieve

Shopping around can reduce your power bill, but Victorians shouldn’t be left to navigate this jungle alone. The government should

Subsidised energy efficiency upgrades, support for choosing energy retailers and investment in financial counselling are good measures for low-income households

Tens of thousands of Australians have been issued with trumped up debt notices. Then they're guilted and cajoled into paying

Education in a state school isn't really free, with parents increasingly asked to pay extra fees and charges. Do you

Take a walk down Bourke Street, under the gaze of Parliament House, and try telling a man sleeping rough on

A decade of policy failure must end. It’s time Australia’s political leaders provided certainty to our youngest learners, argues Early Learning Association Australia’s Shane

While progress is being made, more should be done to protect vulnerable people from onerous fines and infringements, writes Justice

Despite increasing average living standards in Australia, these benefits are not equally shared. People earning low incomes, especially those renting,

The 2016 Victorian Budget projects substantial surpluses over the next four years. This is driven by revenue rising faster than expenditure

A new VCOSS report, Making energy visible, explains how in-home display units can help people lower their energy costs, and

The cost of living for all Victorian households is set to increase in 2016 with the Victorian Council of Social

A worrying 36 per cent increase in energy and water disconnections shows the need for reform of retailers’ response to

It is time to scrap the discriminatory system of penalty fares on public transport, says the Victorian Council of Social

Every year organisations across Australia participate in Anti-Poverty Week, which in 2015 will take place from 11-17 October. The week

Energy supply is a basic household need. People’s lighting, refrigeration, communications, cooking, heating and cooling facilities all rely on it.

With the federal government having axed the longstanding National Partnership Agreement on Concessions, VCOSS welcomes the state government’s decision to

Figures in the most recent volume of the Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services show that cost is already causing