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Civil Society Takes Centre Stage in Melbourne

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - Global civil society will come together in Melbourne from tomorrow for the C20 Summit - the first of the lead-in G20 ‘satellite’ conferences to debate policy suggestions to be put to the G20 group of the world’s largest advanced and emerging ec

Senate to Scrutinise Australia’s Inequality

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - A Senate Inquiry into inequality and the gap between Australia’s rich and poor will go ahead - a move that the Australian Greens says will open the door for a proper review of the impact of the Federal Budget.

Opinion

The Senate Report on the ACNC: It’s still an elephant!

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - The release of the Senate Report into the ACNC Repeal Legislation reveals that there are powerful groups, with unrivalled access to the Minister’s office, that do not want the scrutiny of an independent body like the ACNC, writes Professor Ann O’

Govt Flags ‘Bold’ Changes To Foreign Aid Policy

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - Australia's foreign aid program will undergo a "bold and dramatic change", with recipient countries and aid agencies set to sign up to performance benchmarks - changes that are already gaining support from Not for Profit aid agencies.

UN Criticises Australia’s ‘Strange Obsession with Boats’

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - Australia’s ‘boat people’ policy has been publicly criticised at an annual global forum on refugee issues.

Hard Times Getting Harder for Cash-Starved Community Services

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - Governments want community organisations to move away from public funding and become more self-reliant, but is that possible, asks Research Fellows from the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW Australia, Natasha Cortis and Megan Blaxland, in this p

Call for More Protection for Children in Detention

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - UNICEF Australia has called for an independent body to monitor and publicly report on the situation and treatment of children in Australian immigration detention.

Analysis

Court Rules PBI Directness Test Incorrect

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 17th June 2014 - A Federal Court decision in the case of The Hunger Project Australia v Commissioner of Taxation is set to change the outcomes for many charities previously denied Public Benevolent Institution status, writes Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Director of The Au

Senate Report Divided on ACNC Future

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 17th June 2014 - A divided Senate Committee report into the legislation to abolish the charity regulator, has the Liberal Senators favouring the ACNC’s repeal, and Labor and the Greens opposing the legislation.

Indigenous Prisoner Program Cut

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 17th June 2014 - The Aboriginal Legal Services (NSW/ACT) is the latest community service organisation to lose Federal Government funding for one of its frontline programs.

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