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Welfare Rights Centre Defunded

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 16th April 2013 -  The executive of a specialist Not for Profit welfare service, Welfare Rights Centre has sought an urgent meeting with the NSW Government after news it is to be defunded after 30 years of service.

Community Groups Overlooked in Disaster Management – Report

Staff Reporter, Friday, 12th April 2013 -  Communities’ ability to respond to natural disasters is being “severely weakened” by the exclusion of community-based organisations from disaster management planning, a new report has found.

Report Highlights Disadvantage Among Indigenous Offenders

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 11th April 2013 -  A report finds that Indigenous offenders sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria are more likely to receive a term in prison rather than an order supervised in the community than their non- Indigenous counterparts.

Governance Standards for Charities

Lina Caneva, Friday, 8th March 2013 -  The Federal Government has announced that its new governance standards for organisations registered with the charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), will be tabled in the next sitting week of Parliament.

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Ten Lessons for Establishing an NDIS

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 26th February 2013 -  As Australia undertakes the design and implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme a new paper explores ten lessons that Australian governments might learn about the English experience, to help ensure the scheme gets the best possible

ACNC Advisory Board Announced

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  The Federal Government has announced the long-awaited appointments to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Advisory Board under the part-time chairmanship of Productivity Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald - three months after the ACNC

ACNC Phone-In Day

Staff Reporter, Monday, 18th February 2013 -  Australia’s newly established charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission is holding a ‘phone-in day’ this week to collect feedback on its approach to regulation.

Social Outcome Measurements Must Be Prioritised, Conference Told

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th February 2013 -  Measuring social outcomes should be a policy agenda priority and the Federal Government needs to work with the Not for Profit sector to achieve effective measurement outcomes, delegates at a Sydney conference have been told.

Salvos Address Impact of Natural Disasters

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 12th February 2013 -  The Salvation Army has developed a website and online film for people affected by natural disasters.
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