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Silence on the Agenda for Enviro-Charity Inquiry

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 16th June 2015 -  It’s hard to see the Abbott Government’s inquiry into the Deductible Gift Recipient Status of environmental charities as anything except a show trial, writes the Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Andrew Leigh, as the inquiry holds its first public hear

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Showcasing Community and Philanthropy Partnerships

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 11th June 2015 -  The recently announced Community and Philanthropy Partnerships Week aims to showcase and promote partnerships that are making a difference in communities right across Australia, writes Krystian Seibert, Policy & Research Manager with Philanthropy

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Ministers Play Dirty Pool Over Triggs

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th June 2015 -  Ministers Brandis and Dutton play some dirty pool in their fight with the President of the Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs, writes Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow at University of Canberra in this article first published in The Conversat

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Construction Sector Well Placed to Address Social Inequality

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 2nd June 2015 -  The construction sector needs to engage with social entrepreneurship to address growing social inequity and disadvantage in society, write authors Martin Loosemore and Dave Higgon.

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Changes to Psychiatric Confinement Payments ‘Insidious’

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd June 2015 -  A Federal Government move to take welfare payments off people undergoing psychiatric confinement but not convicted of a crime will have a dramatic impact on the lives of people with disability and mental illness, writes WA Greens Senator Rachel Siewe

New Disability Employment Model Needed

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd June 2015 -  The Federal Government is spending around $1 billion on disability employment services every year, but only a third of the people supported by these services will find a job. Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Mitch Fifield, writes that

Philanthropists Need to Save Advocacy

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th May 2015 -  It’s important that grantmakers respond to the Inquiry into the Register of Environmental Organisations to save advocacy rights in Australia, writes Esther Abram, from the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network

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Realigning For a Social Understanding of Disability

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 21st May 2015 -  A socially deepened understanding of disability could stop most forms of discrimination against people with disabilities, writes author and disability researcher Dr Peter Gibilisco.

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