Thanks to all those who took a few moments to take part in our recent instant poll on Ethical Standards and what they mean to you as a consumer.
The question was “When making…
A new national fee scale for Commonwealth legal aid work is to be introduced to attract more solicitors to the work, and to help keep those already working in legal aid.
The…
Corporate citizenship as a concept that is understood to be mostly about community activities is considered by corporate Australia to be important but there is a strong…
The Prime Minister has announced the details of two new tax initiatives to encourage greater corporate and personal philanthropy in Australia.
These initiatives are…
The commencement date for the new Privacy (Private Sector) Amendment Act is just nine months away. If you haven’t begun preparing for it yet help is on the way.
The Office…
Whilst many of you have been receiving the Pro Bono Australia newsletter for a while now and are abreast of the macro issues affecting the sector, we thought it time for a behind…
There are new kinds of people participating in philanthropy and Australian Not for Profits need to deal with them in new ways. That’s the advice from American fund-raising…
Hot on the heels of our web page design offer from Kylie Lovelock (see March 19 Vol 3 Edition 5) we are reminded that VICNET is offering free web hosting for Not for Profit organisations.…
The International Year of Volunteers Small Grants Program has moved into stage two with hundreds of organisations about to be notified of their success in obtaining funding…
Philanthropic forums across the Internet have been flooded with discussions about the closure of Charitableway.com, the portal for collecting and disseminating payroll…
Melbourne Law Firm, Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks has won the inaugural Australian Law Awards 2001 for pro bono work. But the firm says it’s just one of many legal practices…
A major accounting firm with a long and active history of involvement in the Not for Profit sector has told the Charities Inquiry that it would be simpler to exempt all NFPs…