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Coalition and Labor Moving On Worker Exploitation, But Potential Loopholes Remain

Tess Hardy, Monday, 23rd May 2016 -  Tess Hardy, lecturer in law at the University of Melbourne, looks at how the Coalition and Labor plan to tackle worker exploitation in this country should they win the upcoming election,…

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Community Legal Centres – A View from the Trenches

Julie Edwards, Thursday, 19th May 2016 -  Opinion: Community legal centre lawyers ensure that Australia’s most vulnerable are protected by the law and supported to improve their often dire situations. We know because …

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Budget 2016 – User Pays Becoming More Entrenched

David Crosbie, Thursday, 5th May 2016 -  Opinion:The more I read about the budget and consider what it means in practice, the more it becomes clear that Australia is moving towards a user pays system for many of our health, …

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The Budget Night ‘Circus’ – But the Devil’s in the Detail for NFPs

David Crosbie, Thursday, 28th April 2016 -  Opinion: Amid all the posturing and rhetoric that comes with federal budget night, the Not for Profit sector will be focusing on whether this government’s previous pattern of unwelcome…

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Identity in a Time of Social Sector Change

Dale Renner, Tuesday, 26th April 2016 -  Opinion: Change is upon the social sector – but we can’t just busy ourselves with NDIS readiness projects. The Not for Profit sector needs to wrestle with questions of identity to keep…

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Time to Refocus, Mr Turnbull

Rachel Siewert, Thursday, 21st April 2016 -  Instead of trying to get tougher on unions and workers, the prime minister should be turning his attention to the social services sector which is struggling to provide support for …

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Inclusion and Social Harmony in the Aftermath of Brussels

Violet Roumeliotis, Tuesday, 19th April 2016 -  In the aftermath of the senseless violence seen in Brussels, the Not for Profit sector has a big role to play in promoting meaningful social and economic participation through employment…

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Paving the Way for a National Social Innovation Strategy

Krystian Seibert, Thursday, 25th February 2016 -  Australia needs a National Social Innovation Strategy which considers all the policy levers at the government’s disposal to support social innovation and enterprise, writes Policy…

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From Struggle Street to Shining Light – Does Mt Druitt have the Answers?

Kevin Robbie, Thursday, 28th January 2016 - 
If the charity and government sectors are serious about ending community disadvantage in Australia we need to “move from being competitors to collaborators”, writes Kevin Robbie,
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NDIS Rollout Too Short for Small Service NFPs

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th January 2016 - 
Many small community based disability organisations offering high quality support networks to local families will struggle to reinvent themselves within the National Disability
…

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Social Ventures Sector Needs a Peak Body

Theo Campbell, Wednesday, 27th January 2016 - 
A fixation with sustainable business models should not hinder the growth of social enterprises in Australia. Instead, entrepreneurs should be advocating for a well resourced peak
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