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Stop, Go Back, the NDIS Board Shake-Up is Going the Wrong Way

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 4th August 2015 -  The proposed shake-up of the NDIS Board to only include people with who have worked at ASX50 companies is a major backflip on the underlying principles and values espoused in the lead up to the NDIS’s establishment, writes Professor Simon Darcy fro

New Resources for Working Parents

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 3rd August 2015 -  The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a new website and online resources in a bid to fight the discrimination faced by pregnant women and parents in the workforce.

More People Stuck on Unemployment Payments

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 30th July 2015 -  Seventy per cent of the people relying on Newstart payments have been on the unemployment payment for more than a year, according to the latest data.

NFPs Urged to Take Up Marriage Equality Debate

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 30th July 2015 -  Not for Profits are being urged to start a conversation around the marriage equality debate using a new social change film funded through the Australian arm of the international documentary forum, Good Pitch.

PM’s Group Consulting With ACNC

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 28th July 2015 -  A group Chaired by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and with Social Services Minister Scott Morrison as its Deputy Chair, has met with the national charity regulator for the first time.

NDIS Board Shakeup

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -  The Abbott Government has moved to shakeup the Board that oversees the $20 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme by replacing members with heavyweights from the corporate sector.

Submissions Condemn Arts Funding Cuts

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -  The Australian arts community has roundly condemned the Federal Government in submissions to a Senate inquiry on the impact of Budget cuts to arts funding.

Inquiry Into Advocacy Not a Threat

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -  A Parliamentary Inquiry into the advocacy undertaken by environmental organisations poses little threat to their charity status, a leading voice in the Not for Profit sector has claimed.

Welfare Peak Claims SA Worst Hit By GST Increases

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 -  New figures released by the South Australian Council of Social Service show that increasing or broadening the base of the GST would impact South Australian households more than the rest of the country.
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