Essential Services
A world some people can access money-saving tech and others can't is a world of growing inequality.
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Community organisations play such an important role for our communities during emergencies.
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New, clean energy is non-negotiable if we’re going to prevent the worst of climate change and reduce power bills over
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One of Victoria's most impoverished and marginalised groups is currently denied utility concessions.
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Shopping around can reduce your power bill, but Victorians shouldn’t be left to navigate this jungle alone. The government should
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The Latrobe Valley is again steeling itself for a fight. They’re a resilient bunch, but they can’t do it on
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Low-income earners tend to live in areas or conditions more likely to be adversely affected by climate change, and have
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The 2016 Victorian Budget projects substantial surpluses over the next four years. This is driven by revenue rising faster than expenditure
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A new VCOSS report, Making energy visible, explains how in-home display units can help people lower their energy costs, and
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An update on the 2015 Hardship Inquiry In February 2015, the Victorian Government directed the Essential Services Commission (ESC), regulator
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Consumer Action released a report, Heat or Eat, in August this year, detailing the experience of six Victorians who have
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A worrying 36 per cent increase in energy and water disconnections shows the need for reform of retailers’ response to
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Low-income Victorian households need a hardship framework that ensures people are not unfairly disconnected from essential services, along with new
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Energy supply is a basic household need. People’s lighting, refrigeration, communications, cooking, heating and cooling facilities all rely on it.
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A low-income energy efficiency program that complements and works with the VEET scheme, in addition to other measures within VEET,
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With the federal government having axed the longstanding National Partnership Agreement on Concessions, VCOSS welcomes the state government’s decision to
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Moves by the Victorian Government to stop energy retailers from being able to vary prices midway through fixed-term contracts or
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Victorian energy retailers are breaching customer protections and wrongfully disconnecting people from their essential energy supplies at a growing and
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Figures in the most recent volume of the Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services show that cost is already causing
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