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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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Treasurers Take Steps to Unlock Funds for Affordable Housing

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Lina Caneva, Sunday, 4th December 2016 -  The NSW Federation of Housing Associations has welcomed a commitment by state and federal treasurers to move ahead with creating a new financial bond aggregator to enable large-scale institutional investment in affordable housing.

Improving NFP Interaction with the ATO

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is conducting a survey of the not-for-profit sector about how it interacts with the tax office.

New Standards for Aid NGOs

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  Australia’s peak body for overseas humanitarian and development not-for-profit organisations, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has agreed to new standards it says will enhance transparency and improve accountability to the public and stakeholders.

Fundraising ‘Stuck In Tradition’

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  Australia’s not-for-profit organisations engaged in fundraising activities most commonly seek revenue from regular givers and membership fees and while some are using new technologies to attract donors others are ‘stuck in tradition’, according to the largest ever national research effort into philanthropic behaviour.

NFP Directors Getting on With Growth in Uncertain Times

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  Australian directors from across the not-for-profit and business sectors are planning to go for growth in 2017, despite a year of unprecedented uncertainty and concerns over government policy making, according to a new survey released by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Giving Australia: The Rise of the Charity Bypass

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 1st December 2016 -  The rise of crowdfunding and other technologies has allowed a “charity bypass” in Australia with more donors directly engaging with their causes often leaving charities in their wake, according to the largest ever national research effort into giving and volunteering.

Urgent Change Needed for Mentally Impaired in Indefinite Detention

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 30th November 2016 -  A long-awaited Senate report into the indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment has found huge gaps in services for people found to be unfit to plead, with the majority being Indigenous people, and has called for urgent reforms to the system.

Jehovah’s Witness Outdated Abuse Policies – Royal Commission

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 29th November 2016 -  The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has found children were not adequately protected from the risk of child sexual abuse in the Jehovah’s Witness organisation.

Record Number of Votes for 2016 Impact 25

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 29th November 2016 -  A record-breaking 11,500 votes have been cast already for the 2016 Pro Bono Australia Impact 25 awards to decide the not-for-profit sector’s most influential people.

Vic 10-Year Plan for Ending Family Violence ‘Momentous’

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 24th November 2016 -  The not-for-profit sector has strongly supported the Victorian Government’s newly announced 10-year plan for ending family violence.

Body Shop Foundation To Close

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 24th November 2016 -  The UK-based Body Shop Foundation, established by entrepreneur Dame Anita Roddick, will close its doors in 2017 after the charitable organisation failed to reach a funding agreement with the new owners of global cosmetic company The Body Shop International.
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