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Xavier Smerdon

Journalist
Organisation: Pro Bono Australia
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Xavier Smerdon is a journalist specialising in the Not for Profit sector. He writes breaking and investigative news articles.

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2015 Westpac Foundation Community Grants Program Opens

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 19th February 2015 -  Westpac Foundation is to award $800,000 in funding to local Not for Profit organisations in its biggest community grants program to date.

Children in Detention Report “Entirely Credible”

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 18th February 2015 -  Australian Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson has refused to condemn the Abbott Government for attacking his President Gillian Triggs over the controversial children in detention report.

Costs of Youth Homelessness Revealed – Report

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Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  New research from Swinburne University reveals the extreme difficulties faced by homeless young people in Australia, with 63 per cent having been in kinship, residential or foster care and more than half being diagnosed with a mental illness.

NDIS Citizens’ Jury to Evaluate NDIS Participation

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  National Disability Insurance Scheme participants are being given the chance to speak about their experiences as part of a Citizens’ Jury taking place in Sydney, as a new Government public consultation process is launched into NDIS safeguards.

Banknotes for Vision Impaired

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  The Reserve Bank has announced that the next generation of Australian banknotes will include a “tactile” feature to assist people with a vision impairment following extensive consultation with Vision Australia.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Gamechanger’ for Charities Could be on the Way

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  A Melbourne man has created what he claims is a “gamechanger” for the Not for Profit sector and the way aid agencies connect with global funding organisations.

Are You Ready for Consumer Direction?

Hot Topic

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  In a new environment of consumer-directed care, social organisations will need to borrow some tools and techniques from commercial consumer businesses and adapt them to the community environment, particularly in the disability and aged care sectors, writes strategy consultant Dale Renner.

Call To Remove Charity Status from Protest Groups

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  There’s been an angry response from the Not for Profit sector after the NSW Minerals Council called for the charity status of mining protest groups to be revoked.

Sector To Respond to Senate Funding Inquiry

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  The Not for Profit sector is preparing to make submissions to the Senate inquiry into how the Department of Social Services provides funding grants to community services brought on by the Greens last week.

Women Dominate New Queensland Cabinet

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  For the first time in Australia’s history the Queensland Labor Government’s newly announced Cabinet is made up of more women than men.

800,000 Aussies Looking for Work

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 16th February 2015 -  They were elected on a platform of creating more jobs but the Abbott Government is now facing the highest unemployment rate since 2002.

Indigenous Employment Going Backwards

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 16th February 2015 -  The Abbott Government’s record on tackling Indigenous unemployment has been called disappointing but unsurprising.
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