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Employment Peaks State Case for Welfare Review

Staff Reporter, Friday, 24th January 2014 -  Employment services peak bodies have called on the Federal Government to help more people into work rather than tighten eligibility or reduce welfare payments.

Bravehearts Grow NSW Development

Staff Reporter, Friday, 24th January 2014 -  A national child protection organisation has expanded its workforce in NSW to deliver education, counselling and case management support services for those engaged with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Fee-free Community Sector Training For Young People

Staff Reporter, Friday, 24th January 2014 -  Fee-free apprenticeships and traineeships for Queensland high school graduates going into areas including disability, aged care, home and community care, and children’s services are now available.

More Older Aussies Working and Caring – Report

Staff Reporter, Monday, 20th January 2014 -  The number of older Australians balancing work and unpaid caring is growing and forcing more people to remain in the workforce for longer, a recent report has found.

Indigenous Advocate Takes Top Job

Staff Reporter, Monday, 20th January 2014 -  Oxfam Policy Advisor Andrew Meehan has been appointed as National Director of ANTaR - a national advocacy organisation dedicated specifically to the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Arts Workers Underpaid but Happy – Survey

Staff Reporter, Monday, 20th January 2014 -  A jobs survey has revealed three quarters of workers in the arts industry are satisfied with their jobs despite earning well below the average wage.

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Aged-Care CEO Rises Above Adversity

Staff Reporter, Monday, 20th January 2014 -  Living by the saying “Let’s knock it on the head”, Chief Executive Officer, leadership and management coach, and ontological practitioner Dr Nicky Howe leads a Western Australian Not for Profit that delivers aged-care services. Dr Howe is this

Analysis

Unemployment … Coming to a Suburb Near You

Staff Reporter, Monday, 13th January 2014 -  Some local communities and suburbs will be harder hit than others by rising levels of unemployment, and this includes areas not usually associated with disadvantage, writes Charles Darwin University Professor of Economics Bill Mitchell and Griffith U

Social Ventures Australia Appoints QLD Director

Staff Reporter, Monday, 13th January 2014 -  Not for Profit Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has appointed Dr Mark Herbertt as its Queensland Director.

Changemaker

Little Wings for Big Flyer

Staff Reporter, Monday, 13th January 2014 -  Within two years, recruitment company highflyer Kevin Robinson has turned his dream to help sick children into a reality. Robinson is this week’s Changemaker.
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