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Lina Caneva has been a journalist for more than 35 years. She was the editor of Pro Bono Australia News from when it was founded in 2000 until 2018.

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Govt Delivers Funds for Frontline Homelessness Services

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 8th August 2017 -  The federal government has delivered $117.2 million in funding to support front-line services addressing homelessness.

Drastic Increase in Couchsurfing Amongst Older Women

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 7th August 2017 -  Couchsurfing amongst older women has almost doubled in four years, according to new figures released as part of national Homelessness Week (Monday 7 to Friday 11 August).

Survey to Examine Young People’s’ Experiences in Out-of-Home Care

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Lina Caneva, Monday, 7th August 2017 -  A national peak consumer body representing the voices of children and young people who have been in out-of-home care, the Create Foundation, is carrying out a major survey into the experiences of living in the care-system in Australia.

Annual Reporting for DGRs Will Reduce Red Tape Burden – FIA

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Lina Caneva, Friday, 4th August 2017 -  Annual one-stop reporting to the national charity regulator for organisations with deductible gift recipient status (DGRs) would reduce red tape burden, according to peak body Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA).

Artists Protest Wilson Security Contract with National Gallery Victoria

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 3rd August 2017 -  Artists and refugee and asylum seeker advocates are calling on the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) to end a security contract with Wilson Security citing the company’s human rights record in offshore detention centres.

Early Intervention Needed To Reduce Youth Homelessness And Mental Illness

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 3rd August 2017 -  Mission Australia has called for urgent action to address youth homelessness and youth mental illness following its annual survey that revealed the impact of family breakdown on young Australians.

High CEO Salaries ‘Unethical’ But Charity Ethics ‘Strongly Positive’

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  The latest Governance Institute of Australia Ethics Index shows a continuing gap between Australians’ expectations and perceptions of ethical behaviour in many sectors including the charity sector, with executive pay proving especially troublesome for some.

NFP Calls For Action On Growing ‘Orphanage Tourism’ Industry

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  Well-intentioned Australian tourists, including many students, are inadvertently contributing to the growth of the orphanage ‘industry’ and subsequent exploitation of children in developing countries, according to Save the Children’s submission to an inquiry into modern slavery.

Volunteers Need Acknowledgement in NDIS Safeguards

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  Peak Body Volunteering Australia wants the role of volunteers to be fully acknowledged in new legislation aimed at protecting people with disability from poor quality or unsafe services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

HILDA Spotlights Changing Attitudes to Same Sex Couples and a Love of Lotto

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  The longest running survey of Australia’s population known as HILDA has revealed a major shift in attitudes towards equality for same sex couples, a “surprising” rise in mortgage debt, higher poverty rates among children in single parent families and Australia’s love affair with lotto..

Assault and Harassment Across Most Areas of Australian University Life – Report

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 1st August 2017 -  A new report by the Australian Human Rights Commission has revealed that more than half of university students across the country were sexually harassed last year.
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