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$1M Collective Impact Initiative – The Search

Staff Reporter, Monday, 30th June 2014 - A group of Australian funders and partners have launched a national $1 million initiative in a bid to work differently to tackle some of Australia’s biggest social problems.…

Govt Announces Aged Care Changes

Staff Reporter, Monday, 30th June 2014 - A new means test in residential care to determine a person’s fair contribution to their care and accommodation is just one of the changes to the Federal Government’s…

Interim Report Offers No Answers on Job Creation – Anglicare

Staff Reporter, Monday, 30th June 2014 - Welfare organisation Anglicare Australia has slammed the Federal Government’s interim report on the welfare review saying it doesn't answer the big questions on adequate…

ACOSS Joins Alliance for Better Job Outcomes for Disadvantaged

Staff Reporter, Monday, 30th June 2014 - A proposal to improve employment services to deliver better job outcomes for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market will be put to the Federal Government by the Australian…

beyondblue Releases Youth-focussed App

Staff Reporter, Friday, 27th June 2014 - Depression Not for Profit beyondblue has launched a mobile app, which aims to make it easier for young people to start conversations with friends who they are concerned may be experiencing…

Balance of Power Senators Not ACNC Friendly

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 26th June 2014 - Incoming minority party Senators – who will share the balance of power when the Senate changes over next week – are yet to make up their mind about their support or otherwise…

Poor Outcomes for Ex-Prisoners – Research

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 26th June 2014 - People with a history of mental disorder experience particularly poor outcomes following release from prison, a new Australian study has found. Described as one of the largest studies…

A Decade of Reform Needed to Fix Mental Health

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 26th June 2014 - Only a sustained and committed decade of reform can fix Australia’s fundamentally broken mental health system, a Not for Profit submission to a review of Australia’s…

Charity AIS Deadline Looms

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 26th June 2014 - Charities registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) that report on a January 1 to December 31 financial year must submit their 2013 Annual…

Opinion

Holding the Strings to the Safety Net

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 26th June 2014 - For many people in the community facing life’s challenges, their web of social connections can be threadbare, writes Fiona McLeay, CEO of Justice Connect. It’s interesting…

NFP Leaders head to Harvard

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 25th June 2014 - Two Australian Not for Profit leaders are heading to Harvard Business School after each receiving $10,000 scholarships from the Harvard Club of Australia. Maree Sidey, General…

Business Exec New McGrath Foundation CEO

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 25th June 2014 - A leading business executive, Petra Buchanan, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the high profile breast cancer support charity, the McGrath Foundation. …

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