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Global Leaders Must Be Bold – C20 Summit

Staff Reporter, Friday, 20th June 2014 - Civil society experts from around the world meeting in Melbourne for the C20 summit say they will be urging global leaders to be bold in addressing issues of climate change, global…

Vanstone to Chair Vision 2020 Australia

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - Former Howard Government Minister Amanda Vanstone has been appointed chair of blindness and vision advocacy organisation Vision 2020 Australia. The appointment comes after the…

Senate to Scrutinise Australia’s Inequality

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - A Senate Inquiry into inequality and the gap between Australia’s rich and poor will go ahead – a move that the Australian Greens says will open the door for a proper review…

Financial Inclusion Critical for Economic Growth – NFP Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - If just 7 per cent of financially disadvantaged Australians were able to improve their wealth position, the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) could increase by…

Charity to Attract Philanthropic Funding to Schools

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - A new charity set up to help schools access philanthropic funding has appointed its first Chief Executive Officer. The interim Chairman of the new charity, Australian Schools Plus,…

Govt Flags ‘Bold’ Changes To Foreign Aid Policy

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - Australia's foreign aid program will undergo a "bold and dramatic change", with recipient countries and aid agencies set to sign up to performance benchmarks –…

UN Criticises Australia’s ‘Strange Obsession with Boats’

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - Australia’s ‘boat people’ policy has been publicly criticised at an annual global forum on refugee issues. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees…

Hard Times Getting Harder for Cash-Starved Community Services

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - Governments want community organisations to move away from public funding and become more self-reliant, but is that possible, asks Research Fellows from the Social Policy Research…

Call for More Protection for Children in Detention

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - UNICEF Australia has called for an independent body to monitor and publicly report on the situation and treatment of children in Australian immigration detention. The call has come…

High Rate of Mental Illness in Young People – Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - One in five young Australians are likely to be experiencing mental illness, and less than 40 per cent are comfortable seeking professional help, according to a new Mission Australia…

Young Social Entrepreneurs Win $20K for Ventures

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - A sustainable garden for a social enterprise cafe, an ethically-produced fashion online store and a dance troupe for people with disabilities have each won $20,000 for their social…

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Radio Heads – Where Young People Run the Show

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - An iconic youth-focused media production Not for Profit has managed to keep radio "sexy’" and move from strength to strength through its own model of income generation,…

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