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Scrap Corporate Tax Cut, Fund Welfare Programs : Greens

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 29th March 2011 -  The Australian Greens will move to scrap the Gillard Government's planned corporate tax cut for big businesses, arguing the money could be better spent on establishing a national dental care scheme and funding increases in welfare payments, the 2011

Record Support for National Close the Gap Day

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 24th March 2011 -  Tens of thousands of Australia are expected to pledge their support for closing the 10-17 year Indigenous life expectancy gap at more than 850 National Close the Gap Day events around Australia.

To PDF or Not to PDF? Online Accessibility for People with Disablities

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 24th March 2011 -  The way information is presented online by governments and others can make it difficult for those with disabilities, according to a new study by the Australian Government.

Twitter as a Conference Communication Tool

Staff Reporter, Monday, 21st March 2011 -  It seems that everywhere you look, someone is talking about twitter. The 24-hour news cycle and the public’s hunger for celebrity gossip means that the micro-blogging site is the first point of call for content hungry journalists and producers eve

Partnership to Fight Poverty

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 17th March 2011 -  The Australian of the Year, Simon McKeon is to launch a new partnership to inspire young people to take action in the fight against poverty.

Charity “Swags” Wins International Design Award

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 17th March 2011 -  “Swags for Homeless” is the first Australian organisation, and the first charity, to win the international Red Dot "Best of the Best" Design Award for its ‘Backpack Bed’.

Practical Advice for Disaster Fatigued Australian Charities

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 17th March 2011 -  With many Not for Profit organisations facing the fourth major disaster appeal this year, US fundraising expert and publisher of the Getting Attention Blog, Nancy Schwartz gives her advice on how NFPs can ‘keep giving going’.

Dissecting the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 16th March 2011 -  ACOSS2011 | The upcoming ACOSS National Conference will examine the challenges and opportunities for national reform to disability support brought about by the proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Housing & Homelessness: Advance or Retreat?

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th March 2011 -  With much of the political and media focus on the serious of natural disasters in Australia and neighbouring New Zealand in recent times, the worsening crisis in Australia’s housing affordability market appears to have been forgotten according to w

Major Giving Report in Australia – Donor & Fundraiser Perspectives

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th March 2011 -  Australia needs donor ‘champions’ to encourage more people to make major gifts according to new research by the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT.
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