Are you a First Nations artist under the age of 30? Enter the NCOSS art comp to have your artwork featured on the front cover of our annual report this year. There's $2,500 for the winning design! Entries close Sept 13. Check out all the details here:

RT @innersydvoice: We were at the @_NCOSS_ post-budget event this morning, where NSW Treasurer @dmookheyMLC highlighted a historic commitme….

RT @asu_nsw_act: Julie Perkins (ASU Chair First Nations Committee Chair), Helen Westwood (Director ASU Professional Standards and Safety Un….

NCOSS board president John Robertson makes final remarks. "Today I heard a lot of the challenges this sector confronts. Persistence can pay off. This sector has been campaigning for portable long service leave for 15 years, and it’s finally happened. Ultimately we can succeed.".

@AbSecNSW Susan Watson from FAMS asks the panel "Child protection is very much on the agenda. How can we work as a sector so the next budget is focused on funding early intervention to stop children ending up in out of home care.".

Joining us onstage now are Rebecca Pinkstone from HomesNSW, Paul Coe from Birribee Housing, @AbSecNSW’s John Leha, and Jessica Innes from Peppercorn Services to discuss the NSW Budget. #NSWpol

Question from online: Natalie Meyer asks “Will this government consider core funding for NGOs as first on the ground after disasters?”.

Julie Charlton, a youth advocate, asks "How are you helping people with disabilities on cost of living, health and housing?".

Bastien Wallace from People with Disability Australia says "We would like to see a commitment to Liveable Design Standard so all housing is accessible.".

Sarah Marland from CLC NSW says: "Community Legal Centres have been left out of any investment. We provide services on domestic and family violence, none of the funding came to us. Why?".

Zac Carter from Manning Valley Indigenous Community Support Services says "We are being left unheard. What are you going to do to ensure NSW has a thriving non government sector that can achieve great outcomes?".

Sally Cowling, director at AbSec asks about keeping Aboriginal families together. AbSec isn’t asking for more money, we want you to spend the money differently. What will it take to redirect funding into early intervention?.

It’s time now for questions from the audience. Ashleigh Raper asks the Treasurer if there’s anything up his sleeve to help the cost of living crisis before the next budget. #NSWBudget2024

Acknowledges the bipartisan support for Portable Long Service Leave scheme, which has just been passed by parliament.

@DamienTudehope queries the narrative that the government has lost $12.6 billion in Commonwealth funding. Says the Treasurer knows NSW was receiving record amounts GST income. He should have predicted there would have been a reduction in GST income.

"The budget lacks any acknowledgment of rental reform. They could do something about the queues of people who are lining up for rental accommodation.".

Begins by saying "The government received an extra $43 billion in taxes. What is there to show for it?"

Shadow Treasurer @DamienTudehope is introduced to give his response to the Treasurer.

Ends by talking about extra funding for public schools. Says there are difficult conversations with Canberra ahead to make up the funding shortfall.

@dmookheyMLC @dmookhey Talking about kids in care. "Kids in care are not getting the care they need. I’m not going to pour money into a broken system. We need to get the system fixed. We need to make change.".