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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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ACOSS Urges Super Changes for Low Income Earners

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 17th August 2016 -  Welfare peak body, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has urged the federal government to double the proposed tax offset for people on low incomes to deliver better superannuation retirement incomes.

NFP Board Observership Program Call for Applications

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 16th August 2016 -  Applications have opened for Victorian Not for Profit organisations and individuals to join the Observership Program which allows a young professional to sit on their board as an observer, while providing access to the perspective of the next generation.

St.George Foundation’s NFP Funding Round

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 16th August 2016 -  St.George Foundation is calling on community organisations focused on the future of disadvantaged children to apply for its latest round of grant funding of up to $50,000 each.

Vic Charities Still Buried in Red Tape

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Lina Caneva, Friday, 12th August 2016 -  Victoria’s community sector charities are contributing billions to the state’s economy and creating thousands of jobs, despite battling convoluted and expensive reporting requirements, an analysis by sector peak body VCOSS has found.

More Screen Time Than Family Time Charity Research Finds

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th August 2016 -  A new national survey from suicide prevention Not for Profit R U OK? has revealed Australians spend more time watching their TV and computer screens each week than with their loved ones.

Research Looks at People With Disability Being Entrepreneurs

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th August 2016 -  A new research project will look at how people with disability are taking control and creating their own jobs by becoming entrepreneurs, despite facing considerable economic and social exclusion in Australia.

ACNC Myth-Busts Charity Admin Costs

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th August 2016 -  The charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), wants a dedicated accounting standard that applies to the Not for Profit sector with clear guidelines that set out how charities report different income and expenses.

NFPs Call for Royal Commission to Examine Nauru Abuse

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th August 2016 -  Australia’s peak bodies for welfare and international aid have called for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to urgently examine incidents of child abuse and harm in the Australian-run immigration detention centre on Nauru.

Refugee Advocate Says Leaked Nauru Files ‘Appalling’

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th August 2016 -  The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) says leaked incident reports from Australia’s detention camp for asylum seekers on Nauru has again laid bare the devastating trauma and abuse inflicted on children held by Australia in offshore detention.

Social Entrepreneurs Chosen for Accelerator Program

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th August 2016 -  The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) and BT Financial Group (BTFG) have launched an inaugural program for budding Australian entrepreneurs.

NDIS Grant Program Open to Community Organisations

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  Community organisations are being invited to partner with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to help deliver the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) across the country as part of a new grant program.
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