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ACOSS Warns of ‘Radical’ Measures in Forrest Review

Staff Reporter, Friday, 1st August 2014 -  Community services peak body, the Australian Council of Social Service, has welcomed the emphasis on early learning and demand-led employment in Andrew Forrest’s Review of Indigenous Training and Employment Programmes, but cautioned against some of

Forrest Indigenous Jobs Review Released

Staff Reporter, Friday, 1st August 2014 -  Philanthropist and businessman Andrew Forrest’s Review of Indigenous Training and Employment Programmes has been released, making 27 “ambitious” recommendations to improve indigenous employment outcomes across the country.

NFPs Face Financial Reporting Crunch Time

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 31st July 2014 -  Not for Profit organisations including schools, churches and charities are about to be caught up in a little-known accounting standard change, which could put them at risk of breaching the Corporations Act, according to accounting firm William Buck.

Work for the Dole Scheme Threatens NFPs – Greens

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 31st July 2014 -  The Australian Greens have called for a rethink of the whole work for the dole program as its outcomes will put more pressure on Not for Profits.

NFP Voice Added to Ministerial Advisory Council on Child Care

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 31st July 2014 -  Three representatives of Australia’s Not for Profit community-owned education and care services have been appointed to the newly established Ministerial Advisory Council on Child Care and Early Learning.

Parliamentary Report on NDIS Released

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 30th July 2014 -  The first Report of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has pointed to gaps in the service and a lack of full-time disability workers to meet the need of the full rollout in 2018.

Asylum Children ‘Abused by State’ – Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 30th July 2014 -  A coalition of Church leaders has accused the Federal Government of “state sanctioned child abuse” and called for the Minister for Immigration to be stripped of guardianship responsibility for unaccompanied child asylum seekers.

Tamil Asylum Seekers Left Without Clothes Claims NFP

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 29th July 2014 -  It’s been claimed that the 157 Tamil asylum seekers held at sea on the Oceanic Protector for almost a month have been left in WA’s Curtin Detention Centre with only the clothes they are wearing.

Senate Hearings Into Affordable Housing

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 29th July 2014 -  The first public hearings have begun into the Senate Inquiry into Affordable Housing.

NFPs Call for Unclaimed Monies Fund

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 29th July 2014 -  Australia’s "unclaimed monies" should be used to create a capital fund to support investments in the Not for Profit sector, a submission to the Federal Government says.
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