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Dementia Care Skills Lacking – Senate Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  A Senate Committee report has found the current aged-care workforce in Australia does not appear to have the skills and training to adequately support people living with dementia, pointing to the overuse of physical and chemical restraints.

Charity Marketing Out of Sync – Report

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Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  A new report shows that Australian charity marketing spend does not match with the media channels customers nominate as the most effective for the acquisition and retention of donors.

Brandis Backs Down on Bigotry

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  Federal Attorney General George Brandis has watered down his controversial changes to the racial discrimination laws, however community organisations remain steadfast that no changes should be made to the current law.

Poor Left Behind – NCOSS Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  Cost-of-living measures should focus on low-income and vulnerable groups, a new report by the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) argues.

Debate Delay on ACNC Abolition

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  Legislation to abolish the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission will now be debated in Parliament after the May Budget as the Federal Coalition Government’s Repeal Day juggernaut continues.

Regulation Bonfire Offers Little Warmth for Not for Profit Sector

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Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  To abolish the ACNC on the grounds that it has failed in its first year to unravel the Gordian knot of Australia’s long legacy of regulatory hodgepodge amounts to policy vandalism, writes policy analyst at ANU, John Butcher.

Corporate Mentoring for NFP CEOs

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  A new Australian organisation has been set up to provide Not for Profit CEOs with one-on-one mentoring opportunities with successful corporate leaders, including board members from some of the top 100 ASX companies.

Repeal Day an Exercise in Deregulation Smoke and Mirrors

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  There are some big deceptions behind Tony Abbott and Josh Frydenberg’s Repeal Day initiative, writes John Wanna, Chair of Public Administration at Australian National University, in this piece first published on The Conversation.

Registry to Remember Lost Homeless

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 -  A collaboration of homeless support organisations based in Melbourne has formed a permanent registry of the homeless people who have died while living rough.

Govt Invests $1.44M into Tackling Human Trafficking

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 -  More than $1.4 million in Federal Government funding will go towards organisations that work to detect and prevent human trafficking and slavery.
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