David Crosbie, Thursday, 11th August 2016 - Opinion: More revelations of horrific child abuse at the Nauru detention centre following on from the shocking footage of abuse in the Northern Territory youth detention centre …
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 14th June 2016 - There is a need for a more respectful relationship with the Australian charity and Not for Profit sector, a political forum in Canberra has been told.The Community Council …
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 14th June 2016 - A third of Australia’s Not for Profit sector is still sceptical about which parties would work best for it’s future, a survey has revealed, as the politicians representing the major…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 9th June 2016 - The Labor Party’s election promises to scrap the Coalition’s community grants program and to forge a closer relationship with the Not for Profit sector have been welcomed by a cross…
Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 31st May 2016 -
The Community Council for Australia (CCA) has sent personalised letters to political candidates across the country asking eight questions on how they plan to support the charity…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 19th May 2016 -
Community sector peak body, Community Council for Australia (CCA) has called for a carefully staged application of Australian consumer law to the Not for Profit sector, in a draft…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 10th May 2016 -
The federal government has revamped the Australian charity regulator’s advisory board putting a corporate leader into the chairperson’s position.
The new chair is Tony Stuart,…
Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 28th April 2016 - Certainty of long-term funding models, tax reform and greater support for the national charity regulator have topped the list of federal budget demands of Australia’s Not for Profit…
Lina Caneva, Friday, 4th March 2016 - The Federal Government has decided to keep the national charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, after almost two years of speculation.Minister…
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 23rd February 2016 -
The Turnbull Government has been warned against changing the minimum annual distribution required by philanthropic funds.
The Community Council for Australia (CCA) has written…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th February 2016 -
Not for Profit leader and Chair of Community Council for Australia, Tim Costello, has called on the Federal Government to create a death tax for the super rich as a way of boosting charity…
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 5th January 2016 -
Australia’s social sector leaders are optimistic heading into 2016, saying that this year presents many opportunities for positive change.
While 2015 was a tumultuous one for the…