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Overhaul for Definition of Volunteering in Australia

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 3rd March 2015 -  Volunteering Australia is reviewing the definition of volunteering in Australia and has proposed three alternatives for discussion in a new document.

Volunteer Motivations Under the Microscope

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 27th January 2015 -  Volunteers primarily motivated to help others were more likely to report higher levels of well-being, satisfaction, and intentions to continue volunteering than volunteers who were primarily ‘self-oriented’, according to new research.

UN Pushes Corporate Volunteering

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 17th December 2014 -  A new program is expected to bring together a global coalition of private sector leaders to expand and encourage corporate volunteering with the goal of supporting the United Nations’ Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

Volunteering Can Lead to Employment – Report

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 8th December 2014 -  Australians are seeing the merits of volunteering as a way to secure a for-profit job, with many of them mentioning it on their resumes, according to new research.

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Quantifying the Value of Volunteering

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 4th December 2014 -  New figures in the State of Volunteering in Tasmania Report 2014 will surprise and inspire, writes CEO of Volunteering Tasmania Adrienne Picone in this sneak peak of the report due out on Friday.

Australia Moves Up International Scale of Generosity

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 18th November 2014 -  Australia has climbed to sixth place in a global report measuring generosity around the world after New Zealand.

BLOG: Volunteer Managers Day Still Matters

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 6th November 2014 -  To coincide with 15th year anniversary of International Volunteer Managers Day and the Manager of Volunteer Services in Brisbane, D.J. Cronin, reflects on why the day still matters in 2014.

Volunteer Warning on Work for the Dole

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 6th November 2014 -  Volunteering Victoria has voiced concern about the impact of the work for the dole scheme, which will compel some job seekers to take on volunteer roles to maintain their dole payments.

Volunteer Sector Needs Change

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 23rd October 2014 -  Government support for the "whole of volunteering" has been sadly lacking, and the sector needs change, the Volunteering Victoria Annual General Meeting has been told.

NFP Sector Mourns Gough Whitlam

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 21st October 2014 -  The Northern Land Council is one of the many national and local organisations paying tribute to former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam who died today aged 98.

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