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Federal Election

Suicide Rates Across Federal Electorates Revealed

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 24th May 2016 -  A coalition of Not for Profit leaders in suicide and mental health has called for all major parties to spell out what they will do to address the rising toll of suicide after a report released details of growing suicide rates across 28 federal electo

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Australia’s Not for Profit Sector Must Push the Election Agenda

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 24th May 2016 -  Australia’s Not for Profit sector must speak with a collective voice and push the election agenda if it is to have an impact in the federal election outcomes, according to socio- political experts in Pro Bono Australia’s latest podcast.

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Charities Call on Political Parties to Halve Homelessness

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 24th May 2016 -  Leading providers of homelessness services in Australia have joined forces to call on all political parties to make reducing homelessness a priority in the federal election campaign.

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Who Might I Trust to Foster an Inclusive Society?

Keith McVilly, Tuesday, 24th May 2016 -  The Not for Profit sector is uniquely positioned, and some might say ethically obliged, to ask of our political aspirants how their policies will foster an inclusive society, writes Keith McVilly, Professor of Disability and Social Inclusion at Unive

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Costello Slams Detaining Asylum Seekers as Torture

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 24th May 2016 -  World Vision Australia’s CEO, Tim Costello, has condemned the detaining of asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru as “psychological torture,” sparking mixed reactions from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten.

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Coalition and Labor Moving On Worker Exploitation, But Potential Loopholes Remain

Tess Hardy, Monday, 23rd May 2016 -  Tess Hardy, lecturer in law at the University of Melbourne, looks at how the Coalition and Labor plan to tackle worker exploitation in this country should they win the upcoming election, in this article that first appeared in The Conversation.

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Labor Pledge to Reverse Foreign Aid Budget

Lina Caneva, Sunday, 22nd May 2016 -  A federal Labor pledge to reverse the Turnbull government’s $224m cut to the international aid and development budget has drawn support from Australian humanitarian relief and development groups.

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Housing Alliance Campaign to ‘Vote Home’

Lina Caneva, Friday, 20th May 2016 -  A national alliance of housing, homelessness and welfare peak bodies has begun a digital election campaign to make housing affordability and homelessness major election issues, claiming federal politicians have a “cavalier” attitude to the curren

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Election Analysis for the NFP Sector – Needs a Global Policy Context

Sara Bice, Thursday, 19th May 2016 -  The federal election will require Not for Profits to extend their imaginations and position their concerns within a global policy context, writes Sara Bice socio-political commentator from the Melbourne School of Government at the University of Melbo

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NFPs Call for Respectful Refugee Debate in Dutton Storm

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 18th May 2016 -  Not for Profit refugee advocates have called on all political parties for more respectful and informed debate on refugee issues in light of government comments about refugees taking Australian jobs.

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