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Saving Lives from Haiyan to Hagupit

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th December 2014 - Did the humanitarian community do anything that potentially saved lives between Typhoon Haiyan twelve months ago and Typhoon Hagupit in the Philippines at the weekend, asks Peter Walton, Head of International Programs at the Australian Red Cross.

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I Want to Shout from the Rooftops – Stella Young has Died

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 11th December 2014 - Regular contributor on disability issues Tricia Malowney writes she was as stunned as everyone when cricketer Phil Hughes died. But now she says she wants to shout from the rooftops: “STELLA YOUNG HAS DIED”.

Australia Rates Highly in ‘Rules to Give By’ Index

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 11th December 2014 - The proportion of people who make financial contributions to charity is significantly higher in countries offering tax breaks for giving including Australia, according to an international study.

Aussie Adoptions Remain Low

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 11th December 2014 - There were just 317 adoptions finalised in Australia in 2013-14, a fall of nine per cent from the previous year, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

The ‘Stressful’ State of the Disability Sector – Report

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 9th December 2014 - Australia’s disability sector is dysfunctional, and transforming it is complicated, arduous and stressful with the National Disability Insurance Scheme currently "immersed in problem-solving", according to a new sector report.

Mental Health Funding Uncertainty ‘Alarming’

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 9th December 2014 - Funding uncertainty is having an alarming impact on mental health services including job losses and service cutbacks, according to a national survey of Not for Profit mental health agencies.

Aus Businesses Don’t Fully Grasp Sustainability Risks

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 4th December 2014 - Almost half of all Australian Stock Exchange Top 50 (ASX50) companies are failing to articulate the value being created by engaging in issues of sustainability, according to a new report.

Child Violence Going Unreported – NFP Study

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 4th December 2014 - Australians believe child violence is a common, growing and under-reported problem, according to a new study released by World Vision.

The Role of Business in Enhancing Peace and Reducing Violence

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 3rd December 2014 - While business has always assumed that peaceful conditions foster trade and industry, the idea that business could and should actively promote peace - as an extension of its social responsibility - is new and important, writes Associate Professor Deb

Aus Social Enterprise: Leaving History Behind

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 3rd December 2014 - Improved communication about social outcomes is needed to overcome the “bad taste” left by the “dressed-up charity programs” of social enterprise's early days in Australia, according to panelists at a Sydney conference.

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