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Teens Rule Social Media – NFP Report

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 16th April 2015 -  Almost a quarter of all American teenagers go online “almost constantly,” facilitated by the widespread availability of smartphones, according to a new national Not for Profit survey.

Community Leaders Most Trusted

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 14th April 2015 -  Community leaders are far more highly thought of than other Australian leaders in the areas of trust, competence and public interest, with political leaders at the bottom of the trust ranking, a major new study by the Swinburne Leadership Institute h

Push for More Women on Business Boards

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 13th April 2015 -  The Australian Institute of Company Directors is calling for all business boards to ensure that at least 30 per cent of their directors are female.

Report Finds Wage Gap for Gay Australians

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 13th April 2015 -  Gay men in Australia earn around 20 per cent less than their heterosexual counterparts while lesbians make at least 33 per cent more than heterosexual women, a new report produced jointly by the University of Melbourne and San Diego State University

Charities Struggle with Disengaged Public

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 9th April 2015 -  Do charity campaigns inspire people to act and are men better at ‘giving’? Well apparently not, according to two new research reports from the UK.

Aussies Spend Big on ‘Unbudgeted’ Technology

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 9th April 2015 -  Australians spent over $20 billion on technology hardware, digital streaming services and internet and phone plans in the last 12 months - but for one third of Australians the cost was an unexpected burden, according to a new report.

Top NFP Women Breaking Gender Pay Barrier

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 7th April 2015 -  EXCLUSIVE: Women CEOs in Australia’s largest Not for Profit organisations are matching and often outdoing the salaries of their male counterparts, bucking the trend of the business sector, according to the latest national Salary Survey by social ec

Anxiety, Drug Use Link – Survey

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 7th April 2015 -  A new analysis of a survey funded by national mental health organisation, beyondblue and the Movember Foundation, has found strong links between psychological distress and drug use among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Australians.

Australian Charities Funding Terrorism Warning

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 2nd April 2015 -  The national charity regulator, the ACNC, has issued a warning after a new report revealed that some Australian-based charities and Not for Profits have been exploited by terrorist groups to raise money to fund their activities.

Campaign to Stamp Out Discrimination Against LGBTI People

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 31st March 2015 -  Mental health Not for Profit beyondblue has relaunched a campaign aimed at stamping out discrimination against gay and lesbian people after a new study found Australian teenage boys were engaging in homophobia at an alarming rate.
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