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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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Report Reveals Biggest Charity Earners

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 20th September 2016 -  Australia’s top 25 charities had a total annual revenue of $25.2 billion in 2014 – the same amount as the combined annual revenue of the country’s bottom 44,891 charities, according to a major analysis of financial data held by the charity regulator the ACNC.

NFP Coalition Calls for Urgent Fundraising Law Reform

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 19th September 2016 -  The current state of fundraising regulation in Australia is inconsistent, fragmented, outdated and rarely enforced and is in need of urgent major reform, according to a coalition of Not for Profit peak bodies.

Call on Govt to Establish Age Pension Tribunal to Address Poverty

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 15th September 2016 -  A new report finds the current level of the Age Pension in Australia falls short of allowing an acceptable standard of living, with many pensioners suffering “substantial deprivation”.

States to Work Together After NDIS Rollout ‘Stress’

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Lina Caneva, Saturday, 3rd September 2016 -  The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council (DRC) has agreed to work more closely with the National Disability Insurance Agency after a report found significant managerial issues in the first two months of the NDIS scheme since 1 July.

NFP Exec Turns to Politics to Help the Homeless

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st September 2016 -  Not for Profit executive Leigh Watson says she has become so frustrated over the lack of political action by the major parties on critical issues such as homelessness and affordable housing she has decided to run as an independent candidate in the upcoming ACT election.

Insurer Launches 2017 NFP Grants Program

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st September 2016 -  Ansvar Insurance has opened applications for its annual Community Education Program (CEP) Grants offering a total of $250,000.

Newstart Cuts Would Be ‘Crushing’

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 31st August 2016 -  Proposed cuts to welfare support payment Newstart could leave almost 77,000 people with less than $24 a day to live on after they’d paid rent, according to the peak body for homelessness.

Who’s Missing From Our TV Screens?

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 31st August 2016 -  People with disability are significantly underrepresented on Australian television, along with people of diverse sexual orientation or gender identity, according to a new industry report.

More Than $100M Defrauded by Australians to Gamble

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 31st August 2016 -  A new report into fraud has found more than $100 million has been stolen in the last five years in Australia by people needing to satisfy their gambling addiction, and the report authors believe the finding is just the tip of the iceberg.

Equity Trustees Makes First Grant Under New Funding Plan

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 30th August 2016 -  Philanthropic fund manager Equity Trustees has awarded its first grant, under its new $10 million Empowering Change philanthropy grant program, to support young people in state care.

Young Entrepreneurs Trial Shower Van

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 25th August 2016 -  Two young Brisbane entrepreneurs, who were honoured as 2016 Young Australians of the Year for developing the world's first free mobile laundry for the homeless, are now trialling a shower van in their home state.

ACNC Moves on Single Charity Definition

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 25th August 2016 -  The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has proposed a new model to deliver a single definition of charity across all states and jurisdictions in Australia.
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