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Organisation: Pro Bono Australia
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Partnerships Key to Social Impact Outcomes in Asia Pacific – Summit

Staff Reporter, Saturday, 5th October 2013 -  Understanding the unique demands of the Asia Pacific region and partnerships between government, Not for Profits and business emerged as key ways to achieve better social impact outcomes at the recent 2013 Asia Pacific Corporate Community Impact Summit in Sydney.

Indigenous Engagement Needs Strategic Leadership

Staff Reporter, Friday, 4th October 2013 -  Hurried one-off “consultations” that are organised without indigenous input don’t work, new evidence has revealed.

Church Releases Child Sexual Abuse Reform Proposals

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  The leadership of the Catholic Church in Australia has development a reform agenda which it says could see the most significant overhaul of the Church’s approach to clerical sexual abuse in its more than 200-year history in Australia.

Cancer Risk Greater for Indigenous Australians

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have higher rates of new cancer cases and cancer deaths than non-Indigenous Australians, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and Cancer Australia.

Vale Tony Brown – Disability Champion

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  The Not for Profit sector is mourning the passing of disability advocate Anthony Ainscough Brown, aged 87, who was instrumental in setting set up the EW Tipping Foundation.

Fragmented Disability Sector Needs Change

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  The current arrangements for Australia’s peak bodies on disability are fragmented and confused and in need of an urgent rethink as the National Insurance Disability Scheme becomes a reality, according to one of the country’s main disability rights organisations.

New Melbourne Giving Circle – Impact100Melbourne

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  A new collaborative giving circle has been set up in Melbourne with the aim of bringing 100 diverse donors together to make a significant community impact through local Not for Profits.

Gen Y & Not For Profits: The Win-Win Situation

Hot Topic

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  Not for Profit Boards can benefit from appointing GenYs to their ranks, according to one ‘twenty-something’ Not for Profit Board member and tax consultant, Marija Vijovic who describes the volunteer experience as a win-win situation.

To Work Politically, Dive Deeper

Opinion

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  All organisations are political environments, with everyone acting on behalf of something that matters to them. How this plays out is often unstated but working with it requires awareness and skill to make real progress, says Liz Skelton from Social Leadership Australia.

Scholarships for NFP Participants in Sydney Leadership

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  Leaders and emerging leaders in the community and not-for-profit sector are invited to apply for a scholarship to participate in one of Australia’s most highly regarded leadership development programs in 2014.

Housing Crisis Needs New Partnership – Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 3rd October 2013 -  The philanthropic and the housing sectors in the UK need to establish a new partnership to overcome the crisis in affordable housing, according to a report by the charity think tank New Philanthropy Capital (NPC).

Sydneysiders Get Sense of Slums

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 2nd October 2013 -  Inner city Sydney was transformed into an urban slum as part of a Habitat for Humanity campaign to raise awareness of the one billion people around the world living in inadequate housing.
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