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Extra Steps Required to Ensure Jobs Plan Delivers for Young People

Jeff Borland, Monday, 9th May 2016 -  The federal government’s new PaTH program to help young people transition into work needs greater planning to achieve success, writes Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne, in this article originally published in The C

NFPs Launch Election Campaign for Childhood Learning

Ellie Cooper, Friday, 6th May 2016 -  Australia’s early learning participation rate is in the bottom third of OECD countries, according to a coalition of organisations who have joined forces in the lead up to the federal election.

Research to Shape Victoria’s Response to Family Violence

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 5th May 2016 -  Monash University is urging professionals, including those in the Not for Profit sector, to take part in new research to help shape the way Victoria responds to family violence.

Opinion

Budget 2016 – User Pays Becoming More Entrenched

David Crosbie, Thursday, 5th May 2016 -  Opinion: The more I read about the budget and consider what it means in practice, the more it becomes clear that Australia is moving towards a user pays system for many of our health, education, housing, and other previously government run services,

Women’s Homelessness At Record Levels

Eisha Gupta , Tuesday, 3rd May 2016 -  The St Vincent de Paul Society NSW has urged all levels of government to address the affordable housing crisis after it found a majority of people accessing homelessness services were women.

Workplace Age and Disability Discrimination Rife

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 3rd May 2016 -  Older people and people with disability are being denied jobs due to discrimination, according to landmark research from the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Tax Office Reviews Legitimacy of Not for Profit Set-Ups

Lina Caneva, Friday, 29th April 2016 -  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is reviewing arrangements by taxpayers in northern NSW and southern Queensland who may be incorrectly claiming to be a Not for Profit organisation in order to avoid paying tax.

Under Pressure: Australia’s $510B ‘Social Purpose’ Spend

Lina Caneva, Friday, 29th April 2016 -  Australia spends more than half a trillion dollars annually on “social purpose” goods and services directed at health, welfare and education, including more than $78 billion within the Not for Profit sector, according to a new report.

ABS Releases Comprehensive Indigenous Social Survey

Eisha Gupta , Thursday, 28th April 2016 -  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its most comprehensive survey so far so far that measures the socio-economic markers of the Indigenous population.

The Costs of Youth Homelessness in Australia

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th April 2016 -  A Not for Profit funded landmark Australian study has found that early intervention in preventing homelessness could save more than $600 million per year in youth justice and health costs alone.
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