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Poor Cancer Survival in Indigenous Children – Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 20th March 2014 - Indigenous Australian children are 36 per cent more likely to die within five years of a cancer diagnosis than non-Indigenous Australian children, a landmark report has found. Released…

Community Leaders Reject Changes to Race Hate Laws

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 20th March 2014 - Not for Profits and ethnic community representatives have expressed their “vehement opposition” to proposed changes to sections of the Racial Discrimination Act…

Andrews Rejects Sector Plea to Save ACNC

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 20th March 2014 - The Federal Minister for Social Services, Kevin Andrews, has publicly rejected a last ditch appeal by the Not for Profit sector to try to save the national charity regulator. Referring…

Proof of Midlife Crisis

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 20th March 2014 - Social economists from the University of Melbourne have confirmed the age-old suspicion of a dip in human happiness during middle age – the midlife crisis! The University…

Two-stage Plan to Abolish ACNC

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 19th March 2014 - The Federal Government says it has a two-stage plan to abolish ACNC in line with its election promise to demolish the charity regulator. As part of the introduction of Repeal Day legislation,…

Australia’s Concerning Poverty Rates – OECD Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 19th March 2014 - A new global report reveals that relative poverty in Australia (14.4 per cent of the population) is higher than the OECD average (11.3 per cent). And the report argues that income inequality…

ACNC In Repeal Day Bonfire

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 19th March 2014 - Prime Minister Tony Abbott has placed the abolition of the charity regulator, the ACNC on the top of his repeal day hit list describing the process as the biggest bonfire of regulations…

Open Letter Last Attempt to Save ACNC

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 19th March 2014 - On the eve of the Federal Coalition’s Parliamentary Repeal legislation being introduced into parliament, more than 40 peak bodies and Not for Profit sector leaders have put…

Mixed Bag for NFPs on Red Tape Repeal Day

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 18th March 2014 - The Not for Profit sector can expect a mixed bag of changes, including legislation to abolish Australia’s charity regulator as part of the Federal Coalition Government’s…

Charity Sector Red Tape: Online Survey

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 18th March 2014 - Despite being caught up in the Federal Government’s Repeal Day plans, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) is calling on charities to share their…

Up To $20K On Offer for Rural NFPs

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 18th March 2014 - Grants of up to $20,000 for Not for Profit projects in the areas of Health and Wellbeing, Community Safety, Environment and Education are now on offer. The grants aimed at regional…

Call Out for Community Champions

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 18th March 2014 - Nominations are open for the 2014 HESTA Community Sector Awards, which recognise individuals and organisations in the community sector that have made an exceptional contribution…

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