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Measuring the Invisible Value of Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 - The economic and social value of community-based organisations and volunteering in Australia is being underestimated, according to a group of University of Technology, Sydney…

Gen X and Y Switch for a Cause – Report

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 - More than three million Australians switched from their normal product or service to another brand last year because the alternative brand supported a cause or charity, according…

Report Offers Positive Roadmap for Australian Aid

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 - A Senate report on Australia’s international development program represents a return to a level of bipartisanship on aid funding, according to the peak council for Australian…

Low Income Concessions Failing Those in Need – ACOSS

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 - Australian low income earners are missing out on lighting, hot water and heating due to failure of the schemes designed to assist them, an Australian Council of Social Service report…

Survey On Australian Giving Trends

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 1st April 2014 - A new survey is hoping to provide important insights into the latest trends in philanthropy in Australia. Chenoweth Philanthropy, an independent philanthropic consulting firm,…

Legal Cuts Undermine Refugee Rights for Protection – NFP

Staff Reporter, Monday, 31st March 2014 - Asylum seeker Not for Profits are describing the Federal Government’s axing of its legal advice service for asylum seekers as “unfair decision making” that…

International Report Highlights Climate Risk for Australia

Staff Reporter, Monday, 31st March 2014 - The Not for Profit Climate Council says a new global report on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, finds Australia is at increasing risk…

NFP ‘Relief’ Over Homelessness Funding

Staff Reporter, Monday, 31st March 2014 - Not for Profit peak bodies and homelessness service provider organisations across Australia have expressed relief at the Coalition Government’s decision to re-commit…

Corporate Professionals Take the Leap to NFP Sector

Staff Reporter, Monday, 31st March 2014 - Slowing business activity in Australia’s commercial sector is increasingly encouraging professionals to look for work in the Not for Profit and government areas, says recruitment…

Govt Launches Next Step to Employment Reform

Staff Reporter, Monday, 31st March 2014 - The national peak body for Not for Profits that assist unemployed people into work has claimed a win after the Federal Government announced reforms that would reduce paperwork for…

Rent Assistance Recipients Suffer ‘Housing Stress’ – Report

Staff Reporter, Monday, 31st March 2014 - The National Welfare Rights Network says its latest research shows that the Federal Government’s Rent Assistance scheme is failing the people who need it the most. NWRN recently…

Govt Announces Stopgap Arrangement for Homelessness

Staff Reporter, Sunday, 30th March 2014 - The Federal Government has announced stopgap arrangements for funding for service delivery under the National partnership agreement on homelessness for the next 12 months. The…

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