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ACOSS Backs Community-Business Relationships

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 18th April 2013 -  Welfare peak body, ACOSS has welcomed a call by the Business Council of Australia for a long term plan and strong relationship between business and the community sector.

Big Benefits from Small Loan Program – Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 18th April 2013 -  A new study into a small loan program operating across Australia has found that the scheme is making a big difference to thousands of low income Australians.

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Top Ten Tips for Effective Board Members

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 16th April 2013 -  Charity board members have the ultimate responsibility for running an organisation and Australia’s charity regulator, the ACNC has produced a list of top ten tips for effective board members as part of its newly released Governance for Good publica

Welfare Rights Centre Defunded

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 16th April 2013 -  The executive of a specialist Not for Profit welfare service, Welfare Rights Centre has sought an urgent meeting with the NSW Government after news it is to be defunded after 30 years of service.

Community Groups Overlooked in Disaster Management – Report

Staff Reporter, Friday, 12th April 2013 -  Communities’ ability to respond to natural disasters is being “severely weakened” by the exclusion of community-based organisations from disaster management planning, a new report has found.

Report Highlights Disadvantage Among Indigenous Offenders

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 11th April 2013 -  A report finds that Indigenous offenders sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria are more likely to receive a term in prison rather than an order supervised in the community than their non- Indigenous counterparts.

Governance Standards for Charities

Lina Caneva, Friday, 8th March 2013 -  The Federal Government has announced that its new governance standards for organisations registered with the charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), will be tabled in the next sitting week of Parliament.

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Ten Lessons for Establishing an NDIS

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 26th February 2013 -  As Australia undertakes the design and implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme a new paper explores ten lessons that Australian governments might learn about the English experience, to help ensure the scheme gets the best possible

ACNC Advisory Board Announced

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 -  The Federal Government has announced the long-awaited appointments to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Advisory Board under the part-time chairmanship of Productivity Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald - three months after the ACNC
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