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Teaching Primary School Kids to Give

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 15th May 2014 -  Teaching your kids the power of giving from a young age can help them lead meaningful and fulfilled lives, writes finance analyst Robert Bihar. Australian children are more exposed…

Environmentalist Wins Inaugural Social Change Award

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 15th May 2014 -  Emerging environmental leader Jonathan La Nauze has won the inaugural Jill Reichstein Award for Social Change – which will see him travel to the US for a study tour visiting…

Australian Youth Affairs Coalition Defunded

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 14th May 2014 -  The Australian Youth Affairs Coalition has been officially de-funded following the release of the Federal Budget. In April, the long-established national youth peak body, announced

Indigenous Health Budget Slashed

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 14th May 2014 -  Indigenous Not for Profit Reconciliation Australia has asked what programs will need go to make the $165 million savings as part of the Federal Budget’s cuts to Indigenous…

NDIS welcomed, Disability Jobs needed

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 14th May 2014 -  Disability groups have welcomed the emergence of the NDIS unscathed from yesterday’s Budget announcement but have expressed concerns over changes to the Disability Support…

Mixed Bag for Science

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 14th May 2014 -  The Australian Academy of Science says the Federal Budget is mixed for science; investing in some areas while pulling funding from others. “While the new Medical Research…

ACOSS Warns on Budget Welfare Cutbacks

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 -  A new analysis from welfare peak body ACOSS claims the main welfare targets expected in today’s Federal Budget – Newstart, family tax benefits and the disability support…

Volunteer Conference Resorts to Crowdfunding

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 -  Australian organisers hosting the World Volunteer Conference in September have resorted to crowdfunding to raise additional money to pay for scholarships for people to attend…

Analysis

Charities Voice Overwhelming Opposition to ACNC Repeal Bill

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 -  Charities and their peak bodies have expressed dismay and confusion at the Federal Government’s plan to repeal the ACNC. Social impact analyst Emma Tomkinson reviews the

NAB Pledges $50m in Corporate Volunteering Value

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 -  One of the country’s big-four banks, the NAB says it's committed to reaching one million volunteer hours through its employee volunteering program by 2018 with an estimated…

Aussies Donating More Despite Uncertainty

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 -  Australians are more generous now than in previous years, with an 8 per cent increase in donations in the year to February 2014, according to the latest Charitable Giving Index. Donations…

National Review of the Definition of Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 -  As Australia celebrates the 25th anniversary of National Volunteer Week peak body, Volunteering Australia says it’s time to challenge long held assumptions of what constitutes…
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