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Lina Caneva

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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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Reform Agenda Must Include Increase in Newstart – Corporate Report

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th December 2016 -  Global professional services firm KPMG has again called for a significant increase to the youth jobs allowance Newstart of $50 a week in its latest report called Reform Agenda for Australia, released on Tuesday.

Survey Reveals Australian Attitudes to Torture in Conflict

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th December 2016 -  A new survey by international aid agency Red Cross shows that the majority of Australians oppose torture in war but many don’t know that torturing a soldier for information is wrong, while some think it is acceptable.

How NFPs Can Make Inroads into Better Consumer Outcomes – PC Report

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th December 2016 -  Competition within the social housing sector and initiatives around government-commissioned welfare funding are two areas the not-for-profit sector can make innovative inroads into better consumer outcomes, according to a new Productivity Commission report.

SA Streamlines Charity Reporting

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th December 2016 -  South Australia has become the first state to enable streamlined reporting for charities registered under the national charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) under legislation which came into force on Friday.

Treasurers Take Steps to Unlock Funds for Affordable Housing

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Lina Caneva, Sunday, 4th December 2016 -  The NSW Federation of Housing Associations has welcomed a commitment by state and federal treasurers to move ahead with creating a new financial bond aggregator to enable large-scale institutional investment in affordable housing.

Improving NFP Interaction with the ATO

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is conducting a survey of the not-for-profit sector about how it interacts with the tax office.

New Standards for Aid NGOs

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  Australia’s peak body for overseas humanitarian and development not-for-profit organisations, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has agreed to new standards it says will enhance transparency and improve accountability to the public and stakeholders.

Fundraising ‘Stuck In Tradition’

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  Australia’s not-for-profit organisations engaged in fundraising activities most commonly seek revenue from regular givers and membership fees and while some are using new technologies to attract donors others are ‘stuck in tradition’, according to the largest ever national research effort into philanthropic behaviour.

NFP Directors Getting on With Growth in Uncertain Times

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  Australian directors from across the not-for-profit and business sectors are planning to go for growth in 2017, despite a year of unprecedented uncertainty and concerns over government policy making, according to a new survey released by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Giving Australia: The Rise of the Charity Bypass

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  The rise of crowdfunding and other technologies has allowed a “charity bypass” in Australia with more donors directly engaging with their causes often leaving charities in their wake, according to the largest ever national research effort into giving and volunteering.

Urgent Change Needed for Mentally Impaired in Indefinite Detention

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 30th November 2016 -  A long-awaited Senate report into the indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment has found huge gaps in services for people found to be unfit to plead, with the majority being Indigenous people, and has called for urgent reforms to the system.
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