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Women Drive Australia’s Growth in Giving

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 17th May 2016 -  Women give more of their income to charity than men, and a higher portion of women give compared to their male counterparts, according to the latest Australian Giving Snapshot.

Young Women Feel Unsafe in Public – NFP Report

Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 12th May 2016 -  One in three young women aged 15 to 19 agreed that “girls should not be out in public places after dark”, according to research from two Australian Not for Profits.

Associations Forum National Conference Returns to Melbourne

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 12th May 2016 -  More than 400 Not for Profit leaders and professionals, as well as business providers to the sector, are expected to converge on Melbourne for the 11th annual Associations Forum National Conference in July.

Changemaker

A Natural Leader

Ellie Cooper, Monday, 9th May 2016 -  Jane Hutchinson was one of the volunteers who set up the Tasmanian Land Conservancy in 2001. Fifteen years on she heads the organisation, which now protects over 60,000 hectares of land. Hutchinson is this week’s Changemaker.

Analysis

Extra Steps Required to Ensure Jobs Plan Delivers for Young People

Jeff Borland, Monday, 9th May 2016 -  The federal government’s new PaTH program to help young people transition into work needs greater planning to achieve success, writes Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne, in this article originally published in The C

NFPs Launch Election Campaign for Childhood Learning

Ellie Cooper, Friday, 6th May 2016 -  Australia’s early learning participation rate is in the bottom third of OECD countries, according to a coalition of organisations who have joined forces in the lead up to the federal election.

Research to Shape Victoria’s Response to Family Violence

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 5th May 2016 -  Monash University is urging professionals, including those in the Not for Profit sector, to take part in new research to help shape the way Victoria responds to family violence.

Opinion

Budget 2016 – User Pays Becoming More Entrenched

David Crosbie, Thursday, 5th May 2016 -  Opinion: The more I read about the budget and consider what it means in practice, the more it becomes clear that Australia is moving towards a user pays system for many of our health, education, housing, and other previously government run services,

Women’s Homelessness At Record Levels

Eisha Gupta , Tuesday, 3rd May 2016 -  The St Vincent de Paul Society NSW has urged all levels of government to address the affordable housing crisis after it found a majority of people accessing homelessness services were women.

Workplace Age and Disability Discrimination Rife

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 3rd May 2016 -  Older people and people with disability are being denied jobs due to discrimination, according to landmark research from the Australian Human Rights Commission.
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