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BLOG: The Spillover Effect: Participatory budgeting

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 21st August 2014 - In her latest blog, Fulbright Professional Scholar in Non-profit Leadership, Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine discusses the prospect of participatory budgeting in an Australian context following its implementation in New York.

Labor Renews Call to Keep ACNC

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 21st August 2014 - The Federal Opposition has again thrown its support behind the Australian charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, saying the watchdog is keeping an effective eye on charity activity around Australia.

Regulator Revokes 246 “Missing” Charities

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 19th August 2014 - The national charity regulator, the ACNC has now revoked the charity status of more than 240 Australian charities it has not been able to locate after months of investigation and public warnings.

Feds to Release Asylum Seeker Children from Detention

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 19th August 2014 - The Federal Government says it will release hundreds of asylum-seeker children and their families from mainland detention centres on bridging visas - after months of urgent calls to action from advocacy, church and welfare organisations.

NDIS Establishment a ‘Herculean Effort’

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 19th August 2014 - The latest Report into the NDIS confirms that staff at the National Disability Insurance Agency have put in a ‘herculean effort’ over the past year to get the initial four NDIS trial sites up and running, according to the Federal Government.

NSW To Review Homelessness Reform Agenda

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2014 - Homelessness NSW has welcomed a NSW Government decision to review its controversial reforms to the State’s homelessness services.

Academic Warns of Australia’s Disappearing NFP Sector

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2014 - Australia’s Not for Profit sector risks disappearing and becoming just another rival business in a privatised service market under the current Federal and State Government reform approaches, a Melbourne academic has warned.

Church Calls For National Victims Scheme

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2014 - A submission from the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council to the child abuse Royal Commission has called for a mandatory national victims’ redress scheme operated by Government but funded by the institutions responsible for the ab

Welfare Reform Submissions Low

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 12th August 2014 - The Federal Government has received just 60 submissions to its controversial welfare reform draft report - many are from individuals outside the Not for Profit sector.

Analysis

Replacing the ACNC – Options Paper Feedback

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 12th August 2014 - Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes, from the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT, has prepared a paragraph by paragraph commentary on the Federal Government’s policy directions paper for replacing the ACNC to assist those

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