Documentation re ACT Council of Social Service

Containers:

Box 7

Component identifier:

File 30_31

Content Summary:

In 1981/1982 the ACT Council of Social Service underwent a financial crisis when the Federal Government denied funding to the Council. The end result was that, as Honorary Secretary at the time, I had the most unpleasant task of having to retrench the full time staff to prevent the Council from going into financial difficulty.

These two folders contain most of the documentation surrounding the Council's financial crisis, including correspondence, press reports, submissions, auditors reports, minutes of meetings etc. Several of these documents contain personal annotations that would not be present on the official files held by ACTCOSS.

Following the retrenchment of the full time staff, as Honorary Secretary, I was responsible for the running of the Council's affairs for a period of six weeks up to the 1982 Annual General Meeting of the council.

Other relevant documents include ACT Legislative Assembly Hansards for 2 and 3 April 1979, ACT House of Assembly Hansards for 9 and 10 February 1981; and 8028 34,35.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The Wensing Papers were donated to the National Library in June 1990 and December 1991.

Names:

Wensing, Ed

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