Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 10th March 2015 -
The recent launch of the ChangePath charity rating website gives Australian charities, Not for Profits and the broader community an opportunity to reprise its conversation regarding the idea of league tables to be used in the assessment of charitable organisations, writes Professor David Gilchrist from WA’s Curtin University.
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 10th March 2015 -
The Abbott Government has been urged to accept the legitimacy of a United Nations report which found that Australia has violated the Convention Against Torture.
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 10th March 2015 -
The search for Australia’s outstanding disability enterprise is on with the Federal Government launching its national awards.
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 10th March 2015 -
The Federal Parliament has passed legislation to allow tax deductions for donations to Australia’s most disadvantaged schools through a new education charity, Australian Schools Plus.
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 10th March 2015 -
Philanthropic Trust Fund manager, Perpetual, is set to distribute a record $460,000 in philanthropic funds to 23 young Australian artists who have received the 2015 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships.
Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 6th March 2015 -
Victoria’s peak welfare body has hit back at comments made by the Abbott Government’s Minister for Employment where he called on unemployed Australians to “have a go” at finding a job.
Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 6th March 2015 -
Banking giant Westpac has set itself a goal to reach a market-leading target of 50 per cent of women in leadership by 2017. Leadership group Chief Executive Women runs the ruler over the company’s gender diversity.
Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 6th March 2015 -
Australians can expect to work harder and longer with the Government predicting that the country’s population will grow to 39.7 million by 2055.
Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 6th March 2015 -
A professional Project Management Office is not only strategic but mission critical to the future of expanding and progressive Not for Profit organisations, writes project management expert Ed Jeffers.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 5th March 2015 -
Economic reform is needed to tackle the unprecedented strain the Australian economy will be under from a growing and aging population, Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has said.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 5th March 2015 -
A major new neighbourhood social network, supported by Westpac, could be the answer for the majority of Australians to help them connect with their neighbours and community initiatives.
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 5th March 2015 -
The real message of the Intergenerational Report set for launch on Thursday should be that we won’t be worse off writes Ben Spies-Butcher, Lecturer in Economy and Society at the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, in this article first published in The Conversation.
