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Sustainability reporting – getting that elusive return on investment

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 7th May 2014 -  Communicating sustainability performance in a way that builds trust and is relevant and accessible to stakeholders helps deliver business value, writes Paul Davies, Principal at sustainability firm Banarra.

Corporates Still Slow on Pressing Sustainability Issues – Report

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 7th May 2014 -  A new report has found that while there are encouraging pockets of sustainability leadership in the U.S. business community, far too many companies are only taking small, incremental steps to address pressing sustainability issues such as climate cha

Giving Disability Carers a Break – Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th May 2014 -  Disability carers are extremely resilient and resourceful, but their mental and physical well-being would decline significantly if support services disappeared or were diminished, a new Not for Profit report has found.

Asylum Seekers at Risk of Disadvantage – Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th May 2014 -  A new report claims that asylum seekers living in the community are at serious risk of disadvantage, isolation and marginalisation in Victoria.

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Job Services Reform Key to Reversing Unemployment Trends

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 6th May 2014 -  Despite $2.5 billion being spent each year on the government funded employment system, a very small percentage of employers use it. This must change if long-term and youth unemployment is to be tackled effectively, writes Kevin Robbie, Executive Dire

‘Death of Hope’ for Young Disadvantaged Jobless – NFP report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th May 2014 -  Young people in families with no parent in employment are less satisfied in school, less likely to be working part-time or planning to go to university and are more concerned about family conflict, according to a new report released by Mission Austra

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The Commission of Audit Wants to Rip Up Australia’s Social Contract

Staff Reporter, Friday, 2nd May 2014 -  The costs of many of the Commission of Audit’s recommendations may ultimately be too high for Australia, writes Veronica Sheen, Research Associate, School of Social Sciences at Monash University in this piece first published on The Conversation.

Trauma and Homelessness Relationship Revealed

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st May 2014 -  A new study has found that trauma levels for the long-term homeless are far greater than the general Australian community.

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Youth Employment Campaign’s Wise Words

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st May 2014 -  There’s a special case for taking an interest in youth unemployment - Australia can’t afford not too, says Former Treasury Secretary Dr Ken Henry who has thrown his support behind the Brotherhood of St Laurence’s Youth Employment Campaign.

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