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Research Looks at People With Disability Being Entrepreneurs

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th August 2016 -  A new research project will look at how people with disability are taking control and creating their own jobs by becoming entrepreneurs, despite facing considerable economic and social exclusion in Australia.

Opinion

Custodial Cultures – What Are We Breeding?

David Crosbie, Thursday, 11th August 2016 -  More revelations of horrific child abuse at the Nauru detention centre following on from the shocking footage of abuse in the Northern Territory youth detention centre Don Dale raise some fundamental issues for the charity and Not for Profit sector,

Launch of One Stop Shop for Disability Knowledge

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  A “one stop shop” for disability knowledge has been launched to help people navigate the new disability market under the NDIS.

More Australians Missing Out on Community Legal Assistance

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  The latest legal census by the National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) has found that as many as 160,000 Australians were turned away from Community Legal Centres (CLCs) in 2014/15 – up by at least 30,000 from the previous census.

Analysis

Land of the ‘Fair Go’ No More: Wealth in Australia Is Becoming More Unequal

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  Australia’s wealth distribution is not only unequal, it’s faring worse than other OECD countries write social historian Christopher Sheil and emeritus professor of political economics Frank Stilwell.

Opinion

Detecting Fraud in NFPs Shouldn’t be a Game of ‘Moving Statues’

Oliver May, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  Why do Not for Profit boards need to get proactive about the risk of fraud, writes author and global fraud expert Oliver May.

Putting Young Carers in the Census

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  Young carers are being called on to “tick the box” in the 2016 census in a bid to better reflect the true number of young carers in Australia.

Women Are Satisfied With ‘Women’s Work’ but Not With the Pay

Staff Reporter, Monday, 8th August 2016 -  Women are happy doing stereotypical “‘women’s work” but not with the pay that goes with it, write Curtin University associate professor Michael Dockery and Sandra Buchler, research fellow and lecturer in the faculty of social science at Goeth

Changemaker

A Nation of Bike Riders

Wendy Williams, Monday, 8th August 2016 -  Craig Richards is the chief executive officer of the Bicycle Network, one of the largest cycling membership organisations in the world, whose mission is to have “more people cycling more often”. He is this week’s Changemaker.

Dole Cuts Will Put Recipients 32% Below the Poverty Line

Wendy Williams, Monday, 8th August 2016 -  Proposed cuts to unemployment benefits are “cruel” and could force recipients to a “historic” 32 per cent below the poverty line, according to new research.

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