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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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Govt Threat to NFP Advocacy Resurfaces

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 17th November 2016 -  Any move by the federal coalition to revisit the tax deductibility of charities and exclude advocacy groups would face a strong backlash from the not-for-profit sector, according to the community peak body Community Council for Australia (CCA).

New Stats on Indigenous Disadvantage ‘Alarming’

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 17th November 2016 -  The wellbeing of Australia’s Indigenous population continues to stagnate or even worsen in some areas despite some positive signs of improvement, according to a new Productivity Commission report.

Refugee Advocate Named Victorian Australian of the Year

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 17th November 2016 -  Refugee advocate Paris Aristotle AM has been named 2017 Victorian Australian of the Year.

Great Australian Philanthropy Award Announced

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 17th November 2016 -  A Western Australian family charitable foundation, set up to address health and education issues, has won the Great Australian Philanthropy Award presented annually by Research Australia.

Community Leaders Finalists in Human Rights Awards

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 16th November 2016 -  Five community leaders and advocates, addressing issues from homelessness to intellectual disability, have been named as finalists in the Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Community Individual Award as part of the 2016 Human Rights Awards.

NFPs Protest Lifetime Ban on Refugee Visas

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 15th November 2016 -  The Uniting Church in Australia has described as “immoral” the proposed legislation for a lifetime ban on visas for refugees who have arrived by boat since 2013.

Pro Bono Australia Launches Salary Survey 2017

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 15th November 2016 -  For the fifth consecutive year Pro Bono Australia is calling on not-for-profit executives and managers to take part in the sector’s largest benchmarking salary survey.

ACNC To Assess Risk of Terrorism Financing by NFPs

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 15th November 2016 -  The charity regulator is working with two national finance agencies to assess the risk of money laundering and terrorism financing facing the not-for-profit sector in Australia.

Data Use A Missed Opportunity for Charities – Report

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 15th November 2016 -  Grant making needs to take a lead from other sectors and start seeing data as a resource, research by charity think tank New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) has found.

NDIS Failing to Meet Enrolment Targets

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 14th November 2016 -  A disability advocacy group and the federal opposition claim the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is failing to meet its enrolment targets despite reporting a high participant satisfaction rate with the scheme.

Government US Resettlement Agreement on Refugees Announced

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Lina Caneva, Sunday, 13th November 2016 -  The federal government has reached a deal with the United States to resettle refugees from Nauru and Manus Island in what the prime minister has described as a “one-off only agreement”.
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