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Social Impact of Natural Disasters Revealed

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd March 2016 -  Government, business and Not for Profits need to do more to address the medium and long-term economic cost and social impact of natural disasters, according to two reports by the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Commun

Australians and Robots Working Together

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 29th February 2016 -  Australians could be working alongside artificial devices and robotic devices within the next 20 years, according to a landmark report by the Federal Government’s agency for scientific research. The CSIRO has launched a report claiming…

Opinion

Paving the Way for a National Social Innovation Strategy

Krystian Seibert, Thursday, 25th February 2016 -  Australia needs a National Social Innovation Strategy which considers all the policy levers at the government’s disposal to support social innovation and enterprise, writes Policy and Research Manager at Philanthropy Australia, Krystian Seibert.

Health Gap Widens Between Australians with Disability and those Without

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 25th February 2016 -  Australians with disability are still significantly more likely to report having poor health, be smokers and be obese than those without disability, according to a new report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

The Hunting Ground Film Pitches to Aus Universities

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 25th February 2016 -  A film outreach project supported by GoodPitch Australia is bringing internationally acclaimed documentary The Hunting Ground to Australia to engage local universities in a unified campaign against sexual violence on campuses.

Opinion

Developmental Evaluation – Time to Act

Kerry Graham, Wednesday, 24th February 2016 -  It’s time for a different approach to evaluation if Australia is to tackle its most complex problems, writes collective impact specialist, Kerry Graham. Complex problems are hard work. What makes them unnecessarily harder is the…

Transparency Key to Social Impact

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 24th February 2016 -  A new global CSR report points to greater transparency as the key to building consumer trust and delivering social impact. The report by Weber Shandwick, called Always-On Transparency Report, is the second to investigate…

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Cutting Red Tape to Save Charities $29 Million

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 23rd February 2016 -  Cutting red tape could save Australian charities up to $29 million, according to a new report released by the national charity regulator and Deloitte Access Economics. The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) said that…

Suppression of NFP Advocacy Damages Democracy – Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 23rd February 2016 -  A new report has called on federal and state governments to stop using funding levers, ranging from gag clauses in funding agreements to targeted funding cuts, to suppress advocacy and criticism from community organisations. The…

Women Closed Out of IT Industry

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 22nd February 2016 -  Women are being systemically closed out of the IT and web development industries in Australia, and the jobs that they are able to obtain are the lowest paying ones, according to figures from a leading…

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