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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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Volunteers Need Acknowledgement in NDIS Safeguards

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  Peak Body Volunteering Australia wants the role of volunteers to be fully acknowledged in new legislation aimed at protecting people with disability from poor quality or unsafe services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

HILDA Spotlights Changing Attitudes to Same Sex Couples and a Love of Lotto

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  The longest running survey of Australia’s population known as HILDA has revealed a major shift in attitudes towards equality for same sex couples, a “surprising” rise in mortgage debt, higher poverty rates among children in single parent families and Australia’s love affair with lotto..

Assault and Harassment Across Most Areas of Australian University Life – Report

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 1st August 2017 -  A new report by the Australian Human Rights Commission has revealed that more than half of university students across the country were sexually harassed last year.

Charity Trusts Protected in Labor’s Tax Reform Plan

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 31st July 2017 -  The community sector has welcomed a move by the Labor party to safeguard charitable trusts in its tax reform policy released on Sunday.

Youngcare Built on an Iconic Story of Mateship

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 31st July 2017 -  Youngcare is a Queensland-based organisation that is on a mission to end the residential crisis for young people with high care needs across Australia. Recently Youngcare won the state’s Telstra Business Award in the charity category and its CEO Anthony Ryan is this week’s Changemaker.

Study Reveals Wastage and Pressure on Australia’s Grants Industry

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Lina Caneva, Friday, 28th July 2017 -  Research into Australia’s $26 billion grants industry has revealed significant time wasted on abandoned grant applications, large organisations increasingly scooping up small grants, and pressure on local government to provide more money.

NFPs Win Contracts to Support Refugees

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Lina Caneva, Friday, 28th July 2017 -  The federal government has awarded multi-million dollar Commonwealth contracts to five not-for-profit organisations to deliver its new Humanitarian Settlement Programs.

Rising Number of Indigenous Professionals But Still Unfinished Business

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 27th July 2017 -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have a history of entrepreneurship and engaging with the mainstream economy but constitutional reform remains unfinished business, according to author, journalist and special adviser to the Prime Minister on Indigenous constitutional recognition, Stan Grant.
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