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Regulation Bonfire Offers Little Warmth for Not for Profit Sector

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  To abolish the ACNC on the grounds that it has failed in its first year to unravel the Gordian knot of Australia’s long legacy of regulatory hodgepodge amounts to policy vandalism, writes policy analyst at ANU, John Butcher.

Repeal Day an Exercise in Deregulation Smoke and Mirrors

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -  There are some big deceptions behind Tony Abbott and Josh Frydenberg’s Repeal Day initiative, writes John Wanna, Chair of Public Administration at Australian National University, in this piece first published on The Conversation.

Registry to Remember Lost Homeless

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 -  A collaboration of homeless support organisations based in Melbourne has formed a permanent registry of the homeless people who have died while living rough.

Profiling the Sharing Economy

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 -  A new report from the US has mapped the emerging ‘collaborative economy’ movement - warning corporates that they need to understand this trend of consumers sharing goods by incorporating it into their competitive strategy.

New Migrants Reveal Settlement Issues – Report

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 25th March 2014 -  More than half of new migrants to Australia say that the Government provides adequate services to assist them to settle, with some saying it is too generous, a new report has revealed.

Depression Discrimination Drops

Staff Reporter, Monday, 24th March 2014 -  Discriminating and stigmatising attitudes towards people with depression and anxiety have steadily decreased in Australia over the past decade, according to a new report.

Disability Leaders Defend ‘Damning’ NDIS review

Staff Reporter, Monday, 24th March 2014 -  Disability sector leaders have rallied behind the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), in response to what one has called a “damning” review of the early implementation of the scheme.
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