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Organisation: Pro Bono Australia
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Deadline Extended for Registered Charities

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd December 2013 -  When the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) was established in December 2012, it marked the first time that information on all 56,000 charities that had previously been endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was made available on a single, searchable, online database.

Salvos Release First Snapshot on Homelessness

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd December 2013 -  Disadvantaged Australians attribute their homeless situations to family and domestic violence, a lack of affordable housing, and poverty, The Salvation Army’s first snapshot on homelessness has revealed.

Aussies Feel the Pinch of Rising Power Costs – Survey

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd December 2013 -  Electricity bills are what householders are most concerned with when it comes to cost of living, a survey by three advocacy groups reveals.

Coalition Overhauls Remote Indigenous Jobs Program

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd December 2013 -  The Federal Coalition Government has announced it will be making big changes to the Remote Jobs and Communities Program for indigenous employees, including pumping $40 million into re-opening the Indigenous Employment Program in remote areas.

Foreign Workers Have More Qualifications – ABS

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd December 2013 -  People born overseas are more likely to have a degree or certificate than people born in Australia, new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures on education and training have shown.

Business Leaders Join Volunteer NFP Board

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd December 2013 -  An Australian Not for Profit international development organisation has appointed two business leaders to its board.

On the Right Side of the Law

Changemaker

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd December 2013 -  The passion to fight injustice has been close to the heart of lawyer Fiona McLeay from a very young age. Now McLeay is the Chief Executive Officer of Justice Connect, a pro bono legal service, and this week’s Changemaker.

Federal Budget Won’t be Fixed with a Sleddgehammer – ACOSS

Staff Reporter, Friday, 29th November 2013 -  A “quick fix” won’t restore the Federal Budget, the national peak body for social services has warned the Coalition Government in its submission to the Commission of Audit.

Community Business Partnership Needs More Than Talk

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th November 2013 -  A re-established Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership by the Coalition Government should be more than a talk fest, the Not for Profit sector has warned.

Community Foundation Embraces Savvy Giving

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th November 2013 -  The funds under management of one of Australia’s oldest and largest community foundations, the Australian Communities Foundation, has grown by more than 16 per cent to $45 million, its annual meeting has been told.

Thousands of Charities Complete AIS

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th November 2013 -  More than 6,000 charities have now submitted the controversial Annual Information Statement (AIS) to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission with another 4,000 still in progress.

NFP Calls for Reverse on Drug Agency Abolition

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th November 2013 -  The Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies has called on the Coalition Government to reverse its decision to axe the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA).
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