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NSW Govt Urged to Develop School Breakfast Program

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Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 -  Providing every high school student with access to a free a breakfast, regardless of family income, would drastically improve education and health outcomes for young people, the New South Wales peak youth affairs body has found. Youth Action released a…

Why Technology is More Important Than Ever for NFPs

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 -  Technology is enabling an ongoing transformation in the Not for Profit sector, from the way supporters engage with charities to the way they fundraise, market and manage relationships with their constituents, writes Andrew Hill, Not for Profit Account Executive at…

NFP Super Fund Governance Review Must Put Members ‘First’

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Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 -  Giving members of Not for Profit superannuation funds the right to vote trustee directors in or out and hold them accountable will mean better governance outcomes for the funds, according to a Governance Institute of Australia submission to the Fraser…

NFP Scholarships to Harvard Business School

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Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 -  The Harvard Club of Victoria is offering Fellowships for Not for Profit CEOs which will send up to three executives to the US Harvard Business School in 2016. The Fellowships offer the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) course from…

Grants for Domestic Violence Perpetrator Intervention Research

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Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 - 
The national organisation for women’s safety research is calling for applications for grants funding to investigate domestic violence perpetrator interventions. Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) has a pool of $3 million from the Commonwealth Government

Harsher Penalties for Bosses Exploiting Workers

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Staff Reporter, Monday, 1st February 2016 -  Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has promised to crack down on “unscrupulous employers” who exploit workers. Shorten said if Labor was elected to government it would introduce harsher penalties for employers to protect workers and there is a level playing field…

Transition to Work Launched Across Australia

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Staff Reporter, Monday, 1st February 2016 -  The Australian Government has revealed the 11 successful organisations that will help young people and early school leavers become ready for work under the first round of the new Transition to Work program. Minister for Employment Senator Michaelia Cash and…

Plan to Tackle Long-term Youth Unemployment

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Staff Reporter, Monday, 1st February 2016 -  Some of Australia’s leading companies have signed up to a program designed to change the way the employment system works, with employers and service providers working together to support young people experiencing long-term unemployment. The Industry Employment Initiative (IEI) is…

A Life of Service

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Staff Reporter, Monday, 1st February 2016 -  A recipient of an Australia Day 2016 honour, Diana Abdel-Rahman has spent most of her life volunteering for the community. Abdel-Rahman is this week’s Changemaker. She spoke to Xavier Smerdon.

Animal Protection Charities Call for New Cosmetic Ban

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Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th January 2016 - 
Seven animal protection charities have joined together to urge the Federal Government to ban animal tested cosmetics in Australia. The Humane Society International, Humane Research Australia, Animals Australia, World Animal Protection, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Voiceless and Choose Cruelty

NDIS Rollout Too Short for Small Service NFPs

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Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th January 2016 - 
Many small community based disability organisations offering high quality support networks to local families will struggle to reinvent themselves within the National Disability Insurance Scheme timeframe, writes Not for Profit marketing specialist Fran Connelley. Recent media articles regarding cost blow-outs
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