Luke Michael, Monday, 19th February 2018 - Serena Stewart is the fundraising and marketing manager at Centenary Institute, and has played a key role in generating about $150 million for different philanthropic and not-for-profit organisations. She is this week’s Changemaker.
Luke Michael, Friday, 16th February 2018 - Two prominent legal charities have urged a Religious Freedom Review panel to support the LGBTI community, by narrowing “the blanket religious exemptions which allow religious organisations to discriminate”.
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 14th February 2018 - The federal government’s controversial cashless debit card will be expanded to welfare participants in Western Australia's Goldfields region, after legislation passed extending the trial until mid-2019.
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 14th February 2018 - The framework for affordable housing in Australia is inadequate and driven by funding opportunities rather than defined housing needs, a new report has warned.
Luke Michael, Tuesday, 13th February 2018 - Australia’s welfare peak body has urged the government to strongly invest in social services in the upcoming federal budget, rather than introducing “unjustified” tax cuts.
Luke Michael, Monday, 12th February 2018 - The prime minister’s annual Closing the Gap report has revealed only three out of seven targets are "on track", 10 years after the policy was launched to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians.
Luke Michael, Monday, 12th February 2018 - The number of Victorians “evicted into homelessness” has more than doubled in the past five years, leading the state’s peak homelessness body to call for the creation of more social housing using rising stamp duty revenue.
Luke Michael, Monday, 12th February 2018 - Sue Murray is the research fund director at Suicide Prevention Australia, who has pioneered the creation of a dedicated national suicide prevention research fund. She is this week’s Changemaker.
Luke Michael, Friday, 9th February 2018 - The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission’s independent advisory board has warned a review panel there is no need to change ACNC legislation, three weeks after the charities regulator asked the panel to consider adding two new objects to the ACNC Act.
Luke Michael, Thursday, 8th February 2018 - The federal government’s Closing the Gap policy has “all but fallen apart” due to extensive funding cuts and political instability, a 10-year review into the strategy has found.
Luke Michael, Thursday, 8th February 2018 - A major new survey has found not for profits are significantly underinvesting in IT, with almost half of organisations reporting their information and service systems do not work well for them.
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 7th February 2018 - Only one in five Australians support the Turnbull government’s proposed measures to restrict charitable advocacy, including just 36 per cent of Coalition supporters, according to a new poll.
