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NDIS Causing ‘Growing Catastrophe’ For Victorians With Severe Mental Illness

Luke Michael, Thursday, 29th March 2018 - A new report has estimated that 90 per cent of Victorians living with severe mental illness will be worse off under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with vital community support services set to be decommissioned to fund the initiative.

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Australia Called to ‘Lift its Game’ on Foreign Aid

Luke Michael, Thursday, 29th March 2018 - A major peer review of Australia’s aid program has warned that successive cuts to the nation’s aid budget is impairing the effectiveness of its humanitarian efforts, leading to calls for the federal government to “lift its game”.

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Community Groups Call For Action on Indigenous Incarceration Rates

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 28th March 2018 - Indigenous community groups have called on the Australian government to follow the “clear roadmap for change” presented by a new government-commissioned report, which examined the disproportionate rate of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres St

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aged care

Productivity Commission Calls to Put People ‘At the Heart’ of Human Services

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 27th March 2018 - A new Productivity Commission report has made a number of recommendations for reform in human services, hoping to put people “at the heart of service provision”.

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Opinion

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1938, Foreign Agents and Government Paranoia

David Crosbie, Tuesday, 27th March 2018 - Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie looks at the sneaky foreign agents acting on behalf of foreign principals in Australia and the legacy of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

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Community Groups Warn That Welfare Changes Will Increase Homelessness

Luke Michael, Thursday, 22nd March 2018 - Community groups have warned that the likely changes to Australia’s welfare system will push more people into homelessness, after the Turnbull government’s controversial welfare reform bill passed the Senate.

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NFPs Join Forces to Call For Government Action on Housing Affordability

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 20th March 2018 - A coalition of not for profits has joined forces to call for a drastic reform of Australia’s housing system, to address rising homelessness and a shortfall of affordable housing.

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Opinion

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It’s Time We Had a Not-for-Profit Sector Ombudsman

Krystian Seibert, Tuesday, 20th March 2018 - The not-for-profit sector lacks a champion within the Australian government, writes Krystian Seibert.

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In Conversation: Dr Gary Johns

Wendy Haigh, Thursday, 15th March 2018 - Dr Gary Johns is the commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).

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