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Mental Illness Images in Spotlight

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 23rd June 2015 - Mental health charity, Sane, has begun a national survey to understand the images that are commonly used to depict mental illness by the media, the mental health sector and Australian public and whether they create a stigma around mental illness.

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Disability Advocacy Review

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 23rd June 2015 - People with disability, their families and disability advocates are being urged to participate in a review of the Federal Government’s National Disability Advocacy Framework.

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New Inquiry into Jobs

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 22nd June 2015 - Age and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Ryan, has invited individuals, employers and representative organisations to join a national conversation about employment for older people and people with disability.

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Aus Wealth Gap on the Rise

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 22nd June 2015 - Income inequality in Australia is higher than the OECD average with a person in the top 20 per cent income group earning around five times as much income as someone in the bottom 20 per cent, a new report has found.

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QLD Charities Loom Large in the National Picture

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 18th June 2015 - Queensland has a greater percentage of large charities than all the other Australian States and Territories, according to a new analysis from QUT’s Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies.

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Community Legal Centres Turn Away 150,000

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 16th June 2015 - Under continuing funding stress, over 150,000 Australians are turned away from Community Legal Centres each year, according to new figures.

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Aussie Philanthropists Struggling With Red Tape

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 16th June 2015 - Australia’s philanthropic sector is “decidedly disjointed” and lags behind the world’s leaders on cross-border giving, according to a landmark report.

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Australians Think Govt Should Help Asylum Seekers Less

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 15th June 2015 - Most Australians are misinformed about refugees and asylum seekers, thinking it is a crime to come by boat without a visa seeking protection, a new survey by a major Not for Profit has found.

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More Donors for Divestment Universities: Poll

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 10th June 2015 - University decisions to avoid fossil fuels may boost donations from alumni, according to the results of national polling by The Australia Institute.

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