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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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Rooming House Tenants Pay High Price for Living in Poverty

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 12th October 2016 -  A six-month snapshot of Melbourne rooming houses has revealed a significant ongoing problem of illegal properties, exorbitant rents and poor conditions in accommodation run by both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations.

Australia Ranks 21st in Best and Worst Countries to be a Girl

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 11th October 2016 -  A new report – published on the International Day of the Girl Child – on the best and worst countries to be a girl, reveals that Australia has been outranked by countries including Serbia and Slovenia and placed at a lowly 21st out of 144 nations.

Labor Set to Kill Off Plebiscite Legislation

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 11th October 2016 -  The opposition is set to vote against the government’s controversial marriage equality plebiscite bill in parliament on Tuesday, claiming proposed amendments to the Marriage Act, released overnight by Senator George Brandis, would introduce new forms of legal discrimination.

Lawyers Reach Pro Bono Target for First Time in Five Years

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 11th October 2016 -  Lawyers from large legal firms have reached a voluntary national target for providing pro bono legal services for the first time in five years and increased their work by more than 8 per cent on 2015, according to new research.

Karen Mahlab Vic Finalist in Telstra Business Women’s Awards

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 11th October 2016 -  Pro Bono Australia founder Karen Mahlab AM has been named as a Victorian finalist in the Telstra Business Womens Awards for 2016 in the category of social purpose businesses.

Australians Fear for Future Generations of Children

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th October 2016 -  The 2016 Valuing Children Initiative benchmark survey has found that 80 per cent of Australians are concerned about the health and happiness of future generations of Australian children.

Need for ‘Policy Communities’ to Help Deliver Social Services

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th October 2016 -  Australia’s public sector needs to engage better with the social services sector to implement policies and deliver services within a changing framework of public expectations, competition and a tight fiscal environment, a conference in Melbourne has been told.

Regulator Delivers the Charity Tick

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th October 2016 -  Registered Australian charities will soon be able to use a high-profile “charity tick” of approval, endorsed by the charity regulator, to show they are well governed, reputable and worthy of public donations.

Housing Affordability Must be Linked to Infrastructure Agenda

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th October 2016 -  Any new strategies to address housing affordability and homelessness should be linked to Australia’s infrastructure agenda, according to sector leaders at a community forum in Sydney on Wednesday.

Charities Still Have Outstanding Annual Information Statement Errors

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th October 2016 -  Almost 1,000 Not for Profit organisations have failed to correct financial errors in their Annual Information Statements (AIS) required by the charity regulator, despite warnings and reports of similar errors in 2015. The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission contacted 6,500 …

New Online Donation Platform for Not for Profits

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 4th October 2016 -  A new Australian startup, Grassrootz says it’s creating digital disruption by offering Not for Profits an online fundraising platform that promotes a charity’s brand throughout the donor experience.
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