Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 28th July 2015 -
Implying that Australia’s welfare system is unsustainable and that it is holding back the economy, and that it could ultimately destroy it, are wrong, writes Greens spokesperson on Ageing and Disability Services, Senator Rachel Siewert.
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 28th July 2015 -
Six Australian Not for Profits will share in over $1 million in information technology and support as part of a new community program.
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 27th July 2015 -
More than 30 per cent of university graduates were unable to find jobs within four months of finishing their degrees, a comprehensive survey has found.
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 27th July 2015 -
The Abbott Government has partnered with private facility services company, ISS, in an attempt to create 1,100 cleaning, catering, health and aviation jobs for Indigenous Australians.
Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 24th July 2015 -
The Commissioner of Australia’s national charity regulator has warned that over the next five years the Not for Profit sector will face major challenges in the areas of income, performance measurement and efficiency.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
The Abbott Government has moved to shakeup the Board that oversees the $20 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme by replacing members with heavyweights from the corporate sector.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
New Australian research shows that one in two Not for Profit employees do not have access to any professional development.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
A Parliamentary Inquiry into the advocacy undertaken by environmental organisations poses little threat to their charity status, a leading voice in the Not for Profit sector has claimed.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
New figures released by the South Australian Council of Social Service show that increasing or broadening the base of the GST would impact South Australian households more than the rest of the country.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
New insights into ‘disadvantage’ underpin the need to focus policies and services on the places and groups where social exclusion is concentrated, writes Francisco Azipitarte and Shelley Mallett from Brotherhood of St Laurence in this article first published in The Conversation.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
For the third year in a row, Guide Dogs Australia has been voted Australia’s Most Trusted Charity in a poll of more than 2,400 people.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -
In an Australian-first, by the end of this year all Victorian electronic gaming machines will be required to offer users the option to set a pre-determined gambling limit.
