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Organisation: Pro Bono Australia

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Pokies Trial and Foreign Aid Lose Out in Coalition Costings

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 5th September 2013 - The Federal Coalition will scrap the ACT pokies trial and significantly reduce foreign aid, as part of 11th hour budget costings released by Opposition Treasurer Joe Hockey.

Volunteering Australia Reveals New Look

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 5th September 2013 - Volunteering Australia has unveiled its new brand only weeks after appointing Brett Williamson as new CEO at the National Conference on Volunteering in Adelaide.

Volunteers Report Bullying as Major Rights Violation

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 5th September 2013 - Bullying is the dominant way in which volunteers’ rights are violated in Australia, according to new research unveiled at the National Conference on Volunteering in Adelaide.

Volunteering Australia CEO Reveals ‘Passion’ for New Job

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 5th September 2013 - Newly appointed Volunteering Australia CEO Brett Williamson says his passion for volunteering led him to postpone his retirement to take up the controversial role.

Australian Charities Warned Against UK Mistakes

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 4th September 2013 - The outspoken CEO of the UK’s Directory of Social Change has urged the Australian Not for Profit sector to avoid the mistakes of charities in the UK at the National Conference on Volunteering in Adelaide.

Social and Environmental Factors on the Corporate Radar

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - The Governance Principles and Recommendations for Australian listed companies are set to acknowledge social and environmental factors for the first time.

Social Impact Bonds Face Big Hurdles – UK Think Tank

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Harnessing private cash to finance public services via ‘Social Impact Bonds’ is unlikely to appeal to mainstream investors because of the impossibly high risks they would have to shoulder, new UK research reveals.

Centre Opens Doors to Open Minds

Spotlight

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Charities are increasingly turning to social enterprise to achieve their social objectives and this week Nadia Boyce looks at a Sydney Not for Profit putting people with mental illness on the hospitality frontline.

Advancing CSR Without a Corporate Responsibility Officer

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Less than half of the companies in the US have a Corporate Responsibility Officer and the latest White Paper by the Not for Profit LBG Research Institute considers ways in which a company can advance its CSR without a CRO.

Learning from Experience

Opinion

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Australian social change advocates Dawn O’Neil AM and Kerry Graham speak with Liz Weaver, Vice President of the Tamarack Institute in Canada, to discuss the challenges and lessons learned from the successful scaling of a poverty reduction project using a Collective Impact approach.

Corporate Community Impact in Asia Summit

Social Enterprise Needs a Razor Sharp Focus

Hot Topic

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 - Your social enterprise cannot be all things to all people says Sophie O’Halloran from The Crunch Communications at Social Traders.

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