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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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More Screen Time Than Family Time Charity Research Finds

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th August 2016 -  A new national survey from suicide prevention Not for Profit R U OK? has revealed Australians spend more time watching their TV and computer screens each week than with their loved ones.

Research Looks at People With Disability Being Entrepreneurs

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th August 2016 -  A new research project will look at how people with disability are taking control and creating their own jobs by becoming entrepreneurs, despite facing considerable economic and social exclusion in Australia.

ACNC Myth-Busts Charity Admin Costs

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Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th August 2016 -  The charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), wants a dedicated accounting standard that applies to the Not for Profit sector with clear guidelines that set out how charities report different income and expenses.

NFPs Call for Royal Commission to Examine Nauru Abuse

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th August 2016 -  Australia’s peak bodies for welfare and international aid have called for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to urgently examine incidents of child abuse and harm in the Australian-run immigration detention centre on Nauru.

Refugee Advocate Says Leaked Nauru Files ‘Appalling’

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Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th August 2016 -  The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) says leaked incident reports from Australia’s detention camp for asylum seekers on Nauru has again laid bare the devastating trauma and abuse inflicted on children held by Australia in offshore detention.

Social Entrepreneurs Chosen for Accelerator Program

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th August 2016 -  The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) and BT Financial Group (BTFG) have launched an inaugural program for budding Australian entrepreneurs.

NDIS Grant Program Open to Community Organisations

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  Community organisations are being invited to partner with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to help deliver the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) across the country as part of a new grant program.

ACNC Deregisters Two More Charities

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  The charity regulator has revoked the status of a children’s cancer charity and an affordable housing organisation after an investigation into what the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) described as the result of mismanagement or deliberate breaches of its regulations.

More Australians Missing Out on Community Legal Assistance

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  The latest legal census by the National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) has found that as many as 160,000 Australians were turned away from Community Legal Centres (CLCs) in 2014/15 – up by at least 30,000 from the previous census.

SA Govt Accepts Responsibility for Failed Child Protection System

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Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 9th August 2016 -  The South Australian Government has accepted responsibility for the failings of the state’s child protection system in response to the final report of the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission.

Govt To Review NDIS IT System

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Lina Caneva, Saturday, 6th August 2016 -  Minister for Social Services and Disability Services Christian Porter has announced a review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s IT system after claims the system has been a “debacle”.
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