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Be Part of Australia’s Festival of Social Change

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 2nd October 2014 - The rise of social enterprise, the role of entrepreneurs, the impact of social media and new ways of funding social impact work are just a few of the topics which are being explored during the nation-wide Changemakers Festival October 17-26.

NFPs Tied Up in Costly Funding Agreements: Report

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 1st October 2014 - The national charity regulator, the ACNC, has come out fighting for its future releasing a new report that shows Commonwealth funding agreement obligations are imposing a greater burden on charities than legislative obligations.

QLD Pokie Plan a New Threat to Vulnerable – Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 30th September 2014 - A Not for Profit review of the Queensland Government’s poker machine ‘red tape reduction’ initiative has found that the plan increases gambling revenue and is a threat to vulnerable pokie victims and any future reform.

Youth Payments Violate Human Rights: Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 30th September 2014 - The Abbott Government’s proposed changes to youth payments violate Australia’s human rights obligations, a bipartisan Parliamentary report has found.

More Australians Want to Die at Home: Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 30th September 2014 - Only 14 per cent of Australians die at home, despite 70 per cent of them wanting to, and dying is more institutionalised in Australia than in most other countries, according to a new report by the Grattan Institute.

Opinion

How Bare is Your Cupboard?

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 25th September 2014 - The charity sector has a low appetite for risk especially when it comes to leveraging its assets, writes David Crosbie CEO Community Council for Australia.

Cancer Report reflects Importance of NFPs

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 25th September 2014 - Peak NFP Cancer Council Australia has welcomed an audit report of Australian cancer research funding showing the nation’s overall investment has doubled over the past eight years - findings it says reflect the importance of the Not for Profit secto

Charity Sector Complexity Not to Be Ignored – ACNC Report

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 24th September 2014 - A ground-breaking report commissioned by the national charity regulator, which reveals a complex Not for Profit sector that has grown by two per cent annually, has delivered a warning that the sector’s diversity should not be ignored by policy make

More NFPs Look to Social Enterprise Model

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 24th September 2014 - A report looking at the emergence of "social enterprises" in Australia has found a strong trend towards greater commercialisation among organisations that would traditionally have operated as Not for Profits.

Corporate-NGO Partnerships Barometer

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 24th September 2014 - Both NGOs and businesses are beginning to understand the greater value that strategic long-term partnerships can bring to address mission-focused objectives, a new Barometer Report reveals.

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