Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 28th July 2015 -
A group Chaired by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and with Social Services Minister Scott Morrison as its Deputy Chair, has met with the national charity regulator for the first time.
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 28th July 2015 -
A new long-awaited national definition of volunteering has been released, with activism to be included and businesses recognised as volunteers for the first time.
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 28th July 2015 -
Not for Profits are well aware of society’s ‘wicked’ problems but trying to solve them requires an approach called the adaptive loop, writes social change strategist Suhit Anantula.
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
Housing failures are at the centre of most social service challenges in Australia, the Federal Social Service Minister Scott Morrison warned in a speech in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
The Australian arts community has roundly condemned the Federal Government in submissions to a Senate inquiry on the impact of Budget cuts to arts funding.
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 21st July 2015 -
New Federal Government funding will allow community organisations to apply for grants to deliver projects to reduce violence against women and their children.
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 21st July 2015 -
Peak bodies from the social sector and the business community have united to call on State and Federal Governments to have a transparent conversation about tax reform, despite the potential political ramifications.
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 21st July 2015 -
Brisbane-based giving circle, Women & Change is offering a grant of up to $50,000 to a Queensland charity that is providing social welfare support to disadvantaged members of the community.
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 21st July 2015 -
A landmark national study reveals a that just a handful of suburbs across the nation overwhelmingly carry the burden of disadvantage.
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 21st July 2015 -
Creative Partnerships Australia’s matched funding program for arts organisations, Plus1, is set to deliver more than $1.2 million to the arts sector in dollar-for-dollar matched funding for 2015/16.
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 16th July 2015 -
Even with bipartisan support for the National Disability Insurance Scheme governmental and other challenges remain around market size, writes social change strategist Suhit Anantula.
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 16th July 2015 -
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is about to release its recommendations around a national redress scheme but has warned that the solutions are not as simple as just paying out dollars.