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Dementia Care Skills Lacking – Senate Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - A Senate Committee report has found the current aged-care workforce in Australia does not appear to have the skills and training to adequately support people living with dementia, pointing to the overuse of physical and chemical restraints.

Charity Marketing Out of Sync – Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - A new report shows that Australian charity marketing spend does not match with the media channels customers nominate as the most effective for the acquisition and retention of donors.

Poor Left Behind – NCOSS Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - Cost-of-living measures should focus on low-income and vulnerable groups, a new report by the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) argues.

Opinion

Regulation Bonfire Offers Little Warmth for Not for Profit Sector

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - To abolish the ACNC on the grounds that it has failed in its first year to unravel the Gordian knot of Australia’s long legacy of regulatory hodgepodge amounts to policy vandalism, writes policy analyst at ANU, John Butcher.

Repeal Day an Exercise in Deregulation Smoke and Mirrors

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - There are some big deceptions behind Tony Abbott and Josh Frydenberg’s Repeal Day initiative, writes John Wanna, Chair of Public Administration at Australian National University, in this piece first published on The Conversation.

Registry to Remember Lost Homeless

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - A collaboration of homeless support organisations based in Melbourne has formed a permanent registry of the homeless people who have died while living rough.

Shared Value Can Transform Global Education

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - Companies facing a shortage of skilled workers can create shared value by working with education systems to foster the diverse skills that the labor market demands, according to new research.

Total Value the Key for Workplace Giving

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - Taking into account the value of all aspects of workplace giving including Institute matching, workplace fundraising, volunteering and in-kind support has reaped rewards, writes Pamela Lee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia.

Profiling the Sharing Economy

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - A new report from the US has mapped the emerging ‘collaborative economy’ movement - warning corporates that they need to understand this trend of consumers sharing goods by incorporating it into their competitive strategy.

Opinion

Will More Business-Like Social Enterprises Improve Care?

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - The big opportunity on the horizon for social enterprise development in Australia may be the National Disability Insurance Scheme, writes Chris Mason, from the Swinburne Centre for Social Impact, in an article first published in The Conversation.

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