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Global Leaders Must Be Bold – C20 Summit

Staff Reporter, Friday, 20th June 2014 -  Civil society experts from around the world meeting in Melbourne for the C20 summit say they will be urging global leaders to be bold in addressing issues of climate change, global unemployment, economic growth, equity, fairness and the alleviation o

Financial Inclusion Critical for Economic Growth – NFP Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 -  If just 7 per cent of financially disadvantaged Australians were able to improve their wealth position, the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) could increase by as much as $19.7 billion, new research claims.

Opinion

The Senate Report on the ACNC: It’s still an elephant!

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 -  The release of the Senate Report into the ACNC Repeal Legislation reveals that there are powerful groups, with unrivalled access to the Minister’s office, that do not want the scrutiny of an independent body like the ACNC, writes Professor Ann O’

BLOG: The Spillover Effect: The Pitfalls of Policy Transfer

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 -  In this latest Blog, Not for Profit Fulbright Scholar, Dr Tessa Boyd Caine writes that the cultures of regulation may vary, but the problems of outdated, inconsistent and duplicative regulatory environments create barriers to the effectiveness of cha

Call for More Protection for Children in Detention

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 -  UNICEF Australia has called for an independent body to monitor and publicly report on the situation and treatment of children in Australian immigration detention.

Senate Report on ACNC ‘Retrograde’ Step

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 17th June 2014 -  A Senate Committee report into the abolition of the charity regulator if implemented it would be retrograde step for public trust and confidence in the Not for Profit sector, the ACNC Advisory Board Chairman Robert Fitzgerald has warned.

Analysis

Court Rules PBI Directness Test Incorrect

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 17th June 2014 -  A Federal Court decision in the case of The Hunger Project Australia v Commissioner of Taxation is set to change the outcomes for many charities previously denied Public Benevolent Institution status, writes Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Director of The Au
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