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Disability Commissioner Role Uncertain

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - Disability advocates have voiced their concern at the possible axing of the role of Disability Discrimination Commissioner under the Human Rights Commission, which has so far been…

Feds Move on NFP Grant Arrangements

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - The Federal Government has moved to reassure the Not for Profit sector of the benefits of its new grants arrangements revealed in the Federal Budget. Federal Social Services Minister…

NFP Launches Corporate Campaign on Mental Health

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - Depression Not for Profit beyondblue has launched a national campaign in conjunction with the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance to encourage Australia’s business leaders…

Salvos Snapshot of Aussie Poverty

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - A nationwide survey of about 2,500 Salvation Army welfare clients reveals a harrowing snapshot of the realities of daily life for those living on the margins with 1 in 4 people unable…

Ordinary Aristocrats: Philanthropists as Ethical Leaders?

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - New research into the way Australian philanthropists are portrayed as ethical leaders in the national media has found that the portrayal reinforces social and economic inequality.…

Conference to Deliver NDIS Report Card

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - A two-day National Conference on the National Disability Insurance Scheme in August is expected to act as a “report card” on the scheme’s first year of state-based…

Call for Women’s Leadership ‘Quotas’

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - Business and Not for Profit leader Dr Anne Summers has put a case for women’s leadership quotas in a ‘call to action’ speech at a women’s leadership conference…

National Children’s Charities Merge

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - Two national children’s charities have joined forces in a bid to maintain their ongoing sustainability and growth opportunities for their work with sick children. The SMILE…

Online Tool Tracks People’s Emotional Changes

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - A new online tool, developed by the Black Dog Institute and CSIRO, can analyse the words from millions of tweets to display real-time views of emotions from around the world. Most recently,…

World of Difference Winners Announced

Staff Reporter, Monday, 19th May 2014 - Three Australians have been granted a year of ‘paid charity leave’ to focus on their passion projects as part of the Vodafone Foundation’s 2014’s World…

World’s Poor Foot the Bill for Budget Repairs – NFP

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 15th May 2014 - Further cuts to Australia’s foreign aid budget mean Australia’s oversea development assistance is contributing more savings than any other sector to the budget repair…

One in Three West Australians Volunteer

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 15th May 2014 - One in three West Australians donate their time and effort to volunteer work, according to new figures released as part of National Volunteer Week. State figures show that 1,691,800…

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