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Lina Caneva has been a journalist for more than 35 years. She was the editor of Pro Bono Australia News from when it was founded in 2000 until 2018.

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New Study into Residential Care Costs

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 16th August 2017 -  The Turnbull government has announced a new study into the comparative costs of providing residential aged care to older Australians.

Royal Commission Recommendations Focus on Religious Confessions

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 15th August 2017 -  The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has released widespread recommendations on changes to the Australian criminal justice system including changes focused on information of abuse revealed in religious confessions.

Call to Exempt Charities from International Philanthropy Ban

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 15th August 2017 -  A consortia of charities has called on the federal government to exempt charities registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) from any legislation that bans receiving international philanthropy.

Senate Vote to Increase Income Support Payments Fails

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 14th August 2017 -  The Senate has voted against an increase to the Newstart and Youth Allowance payments by $110 a fortnight, with Labor voting with the Coalition to defeat the bill presented by the Australian Greens.

Changes to Secrecy Provisions for Detention Centre Workers

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 14th August 2017 -  Aid agency Save the Children has welcomed a move by federal government to clarify its laws around the sharing of information gathered in immigration detention centres by workers.

Nominate for Human Rights Award

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 14th August 2017 -  The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for nominations for the 2017 Human Rights Awards.

A Passion for Practice, Policy and Research to Help the Disadvantaged

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Lina Caneva, Friday, 11th August 2017 -  For MacKillop Family Services, 2017 marks 20 years since the catholic not-for-profit organisation was formed by the Sisters of Mercy, the Christian Brothers and the Sisters of Saint Joseph to promote justice and provide assistance to disadvantaged children and families.

Australian Disability Workforce Revealed – Casual Workers Higher Than In Aged Care

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Lina Caneva, Friday, 11th August 2017 -  An inaugural report into the Australian disability workforce reveals a sector growing rapidly and experimenting with work arrangements and recruitment approaches – with more casual employees in the disability sector than in the aged care sector.

NFP High Court Challenge to Same-Sex Marriage Postal Vote

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 10th August 2017 -  Not-for-profit legal centre, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), has commenced proceedings in the High Court, in a bid to stop the federal government going ahead with the postal vote on same sex marriage.

Company Directors Warn on DGR Reform Restricting Advocacy

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 10th August 2017 -  The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) has warned against any proposals that would create additional regulatory burden on the charity sector or diminish its ability to advocate, as part of the government’s plans to reform the tax deductible gift recipient (DGR) system.

NDIS Fails to Provide ‘Decent’ Disability Jobs – Union Report

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 10th August 2017 -  A new report commissioned by the unions representing Australia’s community sector workers has raised concerns about the ability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to provide "decent jobs for disability support workers".

Myles McGregor Lowndes Named Emeritus Professor

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 10th August 2017 -  The founding director of the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT, Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes has been recognised for his distinguished and longstanding contribution to the university over 35 years with the title of Emeritus Professor.
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