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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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Universities Ignoring Women’s Safety – Report

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 -  A new report has revealed “alarming” statistics about the experiences of women studying in Australian universities including a high incidence of sexual assault and harassment and very low reporting rates. The National Union of Students survey called Talk About It

Call for Inquiry into Strategy to Reduce Alcohol Fuelled Violence

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 -  Independent Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus wants a parliamentary inquiry to investigate the creation of a national strategy to reduce alcohol fuelled violence. - See more at: https://staging.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2016/02/call-inquiry-strategy-reduce-alcohol-fuelled-violence#sthash.Gvs73mXv.dpuf

Greens to Disallow Cashless Welfare Card

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th January 2016 - 
The Australian Greens will move to stop the introduction of the cashless welfare card trial set for Ceduna in South Australia, when Parliament returns next week. Greens spokesperson Senator Senator Rachel Siewert said that with the Government’s “clear ideological intention”

Aus NFP Use of Online Technology High – Report

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th January 2016 - 
Australian Not for Profits are among the world’s highest users of online technology for communicating their causes and fundraising, according to a new global report. A collaborative research project by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good,

Microsoft Pledges Billion Dollar Cloud Services to NFPs

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 21st January 2016 -  Microsoft Philanthropies has committed to donate US$1 billion of Microsoft Cloud Services to serve global Not for Profit and university researchers over the next three years, including Australian organisations.

Australian Guide to Managing Charity Money

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 21st January 2016 -  The national charity regulator has launched a new guide for Not for Profit board members on managing finances and meeting their reporting duties.

Sector Call on Amendments to Private & Public Ancillary Funds

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 19th January 2016 -  The Community Council for Australia is calling on the Not for Profit sector to provide feedback on critical changes to the private and public ancillary fund guidelines being proposed by the Federal Government.

Lifeline Reaches Record One Million Calls for Help

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 14th January 2016 -  For the first time in its 52 year history, Not for Profit crisis call centre, Lifeline, received more than one million requests for help from Australians in 2015, including recording the busiest ever four-month period for the help line.

Earmarking CSR Funds for Consumer Welfare Activities

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 13th January 2016 -  The Indian Government has called on industry bodies and corporates to allocate some of the funds set aside under corporate social responsibility for consumer welfare activities.

Thousands at Risk of Losing Charity Status

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 12th January 2016 -  As many as 19,000 Australian organisations are at risk of losing their charitable status for failing to provide their annual financial reports to the national charity regulator.

National ABS Survey Includes Charitable Giving

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 7th January 2016 -  The Australian Bureau of Statistics has begun collecting data on the country’s charitable giving behaviour, as part of the latest Household Expenditure Survey.

Investigating Disability Access to Video on Demand

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 7th January 2016 -  Not for Profit advocacy group, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, is funding research into the accessibility of video on demand sites, including Netflix and Stan, for people with disability.
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