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Debate Delay on ACNC Abolition

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - Legislation to abolish the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission will now be debated in Parliament after the May Budget as the Federal Coalition Government’s Repeal Day juggernaut continues.

Opinion

Regulation Bonfire Offers Little Warmth for Not for Profit Sector

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - To abolish the ACNC on the grounds that it has failed in its first year to unravel the Gordian knot of Australia’s long legacy of regulatory hodgepodge amounts to policy vandalism, writes policy analyst at ANU, John Butcher.

Repeal Day an Exercise in Deregulation Smoke and Mirrors

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 - There are some big deceptions behind Tony Abbott and Josh Frydenberg’s Repeal Day initiative, writes John Wanna, Chair of Public Administration at Australian National University, in this piece first published on The Conversation.

Govt Invests $1.44M into Tackling Human Trafficking

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - More than $1.4 million in Federal Government funding will go towards organisations that work to detect and prevent human trafficking and slavery.

Opinion

Will More Business-Like Social Enterprises Improve Care?

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - The big opportunity on the horizon for social enterprise development in Australia may be the National Disability Insurance Scheme, writes Chris Mason, from the Swinburne Centre for Social Impact, in an article first published in The Conversation.

NFP Govt Funding Certainty Survey

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 25th March 2014 - Not for Profit peak body organisations have launched an urgent sector survey to investigate the impact of the current uncertainty surrounding Commonwealth funding.

Disability Leaders Defend ‘Damning’ NDIS review

Staff Reporter, Monday, 24th March 2014 - Disability sector leaders have rallied behind the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), in response to what one has called a “damning” review of the early implementation of the scheme.

Trustee Companies Support ACNC Abolition

Staff Reporter, Friday, 21st March 2014 - The Financial Services Council, which represents trust companies managing Australian philanthropic funds, has weighed in on the debate over the abolition of the charity regulator.

ACNC Creates a ‘Red Tape Nightmare’ – Catholic Education

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 20th March 2014 - A major arm of the Catholic Church has thrown its support behind the abolition of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) after the regulator was named as one of the first casualties of the Federal Coalition Government’s Repe

Community Leaders Reject Changes to Race Hate Laws

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 20th March 2014 - Not for Profits and ethnic community representatives have expressed their “vehement opposition” to proposed changes to sections of the Racial Discrimination Act by the Federal Government.

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