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CSR Leaders Appear at Government Inquiry

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th September 2014 - Representatives of the responsible business movement are giving evidence at the Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into the role of the private sector in Australia’s aid program.

Reflections on Collective Impact

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th September 2014 - Those of us who have worked (and struggled) to achieve long term whole-of-community change owe it to ourselves and the communities we work in to take the potential of Collective Impact seriously, writes David Lilley, Collective Impact Consultant, wit

Churches Call for Debate On Private Members Bill

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd September 2014 - The Australian Churches’ Refugee Taskforce is calling on Parliament to debate a Private Member's Bill tabled by Tasmanian Independent Andrew Wilkie to protect procedural fairness for asylum seekers who are being held in indefinite detention.

Don’t Change Refundable Franking Credits – NFP Submission

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd September 2014 - National peak donor organisation, Philanthropy Australia has told a Federal Government inquiry into Australia’s financial system that it strongly opposes any changes to current system of refundable franking credits.

The Spillover Effect: A Tour of American Democracy

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd September 2014 - In her final blog as the Fulbright Professional Scholar in Non-profit Leadership, Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine reflects on what she describes as the most surprising element of her research - the extent to which US Not for Profits can engage directly in polit

Risk of Aus Charities Financing Terrorism

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th August 2014 - The charity regulator has warned that charities may be at risk of having their charitable funds that are sent overseas being diverted or otherwise misused, even if their intentions are in line with their charitable purposes.

Disability Payment Bill Report Divided

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th August 2014 - A Senate Committee report into the controversial payment assessment tool for people with disability has delivered a divided verdict, with both the Labor and Greens parties providing dissenting reports.

SVA Recommends Seed Funding for Social Investment Bank

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 27th August 2014 - Social investment group Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has submitted a response to the Interim Report of the Financial Systems Inquiry (FSI) recommending that a social investment bank be seeded with $200-250 million of debt or grant funding from the

Six Year Old Detainee Takes Feds to Court

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 26th August 2014 - A rare class action by a six-year-old asylum seeker has been launched in the Supreme Court against the Federal Government and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison over the treatment of injured detainees being held in detention centres.

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