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Call for More Disability Work Opportunities

Staff Reporter, Friday, 1st March 2013 - The peak body representing executives of large Australian corporations, the Business Council of Australia, has called on the Federal Government to provide disabled people with more opportunities for work.

NFPs Welcome National Children’s Commissioner

Staff Reporter, Monday, 25th February 2013 - Not for Profit groups around Australia have welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of the nation’s first Children’s Commissioner.

CDFI Pilot Extended

Staff Reporter, Monday, 25th February 2013 - The Federal Government is to provide an additional $1.2 million to extend a pilot program that gives vulnerable Australians access to small loans and financial literacy training.

Ethnic Australians Miss Out in NDIS

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 21st February 2013 - The Federal Government has so far failed to adequately consult and represent Australia’s ethnic communities in its plans for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, according to the country’s peak ethnic body.

Impact Bonds to Get G8 Push

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 20th February 2013 - British Prime Minister David Cameron has told local media that he plans to use the UK’s Presidency of the G8 to push the profile of Social Impact Bonds (SIBS) in the G8 countries.

Court Decision Stops Charity Payments

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 - Potentially millions of dollars are at stake for the charitable sector after the Supreme Court in Victoria upheld an Appeal challenging penalty payments made to charities.

Govt Asked to Intervene in Legal Aid Funding Battle

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 19th February 2013 - The Victorian Government will be asked to intervene in a funding stoush between Victorian Legal Aid and an independent community legal service, the Mental Health Legal Centre.

Effective Programs Aimed at Closing the Gap

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th February 2013 - Effective programs aimed at promoting social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are those with Indigenous ownership and support, according to two new papers released on the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse website.

Legislation to Assist Royal Commission

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th February 2013 - The Federal Government has introduced legislation to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to assist the workings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Government Warns of NDIS Scam

Staff Reporter, Monday, 11th February 2013 - The Federal Government has warned people to beware of contact from anyone claiming to work for the Government who tries to make them pay an administration fee to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

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