Paul Carter, Wednesday, 4th July 2018 -
A rising voice of Indigenous leadership has addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva asking it to pressure Australian state and territory governments to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years.
Paul Carter, Wednesday, 4th July 2018 -
Entertainment retailer JB Hi-Fi is enjoying the benefits of giving, saving $8 million per annum on staff recruitment and training because its corporate charity program improves employee engagement and retention, the company says.
Paul Carter, Wednesday, 4th July 2018 -
Impact Investment Group’s Younghusband Wool Stores redevelopment in Melbourne is collecting a global architecture award nomination on its way to finding a tenancy solution to sustaining a creative community alongside corporates and government.
Paul Carter, Wednesday, 4th July 2018 -
Penalties in the Modern Slavery Bill are unlikely to drive compliance for big business, there is another way, a “race to the top”, the federal government says.
Paul Carter, Monday, 2nd July 2018 -
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) on its fifth birthday has welcomed Western Australia, the final state to officially join the federally administered scheme.
Paul Carter, Monday, 2nd July 2018 -
The Art Gallery of New South Wales is close to raising an extraordinary $100 million in private funding, including a record $20 million gift, to support a major expansion of the site.
Paul Carter, Monday, 2nd July 2018 -
A jobs program with $1.38 million in taxpayer money and a “considerable amount” of donor dollars is starting by getting work for its disadvantaged youth at food delivery service Deliveroo.
Paul Carter, Wednesday, 27th June 2018 -
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull probably feels quite good about donating his salary to charity because giving is good for us, says Australia’s peak body for philanthropy.
Paul Carter, Wednesday, 27th June 2018 -
A breakthrough could be looming in the campaign to increase the Newstart allowance with the release of a rousing jingle sung by a choir of welfare recipients – think Choir of Hard Knocks.
Paul Carter, Tuesday, 26th June 2018 -
Only a royal commission into violence and abuse against people with a disability can fund the social sector to support victims to give evidence, get justice and heal, a peak body says.
Paul Carter, Monday, 25th June 2018 -
Centrelink’s move to automate some services is failing its clients, and costing more time and money, an Anglicare Australia study shows.
