Deputy CEO and Director of Policy and Advocacy, ACOSS

Jacqueline Phillips joined the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) as the Director of Policy and Advocacy in August 2013. From 2010–13, she was the National Director of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights and reconciliation advocacy organisation.

Jacqueline has a long history of involvement with the Councils of Social Service, having previously worked as a Policy Officer at ACOSS and the ACT Council of Social Service. She has policy expertise across a range of areas including social security, housing and homelessness, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy issues, community development, human rights and justice.

Jaqueline also leads ACOSS’ work on the ACOSS and University of New South Wales Poverty & Inequality Partnership, a research and impact collaboration to sharpen the national focus on poverty and inequality in Australia.