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Submissions Condemn Arts Funding Cuts

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 - The Australian arts community has roundly condemned the Federal Government in submissions to a Senate inquiry on the impact of Budget cuts to arts funding. The Legal and Constitutional…

Inquiry Into Advocacy Not a Threat

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 23rd July 2015 - A Parliamentary Inquiry into the advocacy undertaken by environmental organisations poses little threat to their charity status, a leading voice in the Not for Profit sector has…

Environmental Organisations Under ‘Attack’

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 2nd April 2015 - Environmental organisations have described a national inquiry into their ability to receive tax deductible donations as an attack on their efforts to protect the environment.…

Migration Amendment ‘Stacks the Odds’ Against Vulnerable

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 26th March 2015 - The Refugee Council of Australia claims the passing of the Migration Amendment Bill 2014 will further stack the odds against vulnerable people seeking Australia’s…

Australia Faces Uncertain Future

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 5th March 2015 - Economic reform is needed to tackle the unprecedented strain the Australian economy will be under from a growing and aging population, Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has said. In releasing…

McClure Report Good for Australian Jobs – NFP

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 2nd March 2015 - Jobs Australia, the national peak body for more than 220 Not for Profit organisations that assist disadvantaged people to find work, has welcomed the controversial McClure Report…

Abbott Dumps Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 3rd February 2015 - In a speech that came at a critical point in his leadership, Prime Minister Tony Abbott told the National Press Club in Canberra that he would scrap the Federal Government's paid…

Start-Up Offering Telework for People With Disability

Lina Caneva, Monday, 22nd September 2014 - A Canberra start-up is enabling employers to tap into a large talent pool of Australians living with a disability using telework technology to remove barriers. Enabled Employment…

Top Women Win Charlie Perkins Scholarships

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 2nd September 2014 - Three inspiring Indigenous Australians will undertake study at two of the world’s most prestigious Universities after receiving the Charlie Perkins Scholarship in Canberra.…

Unemployment On Welfare Reform Agenda

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th July 2014 - Welfare Not for Profit Anglicare Australia will present new research on the needs of long-term unemployed to the first Roundtable on the Interim Report on Welfare Reform at the Department…

NDIS Rollout Risks – Bonyhady

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th July 2014 - Rolling out the National Disability Insurance Scheme too fast risks driving up costs through inflation, the chairman of the board of the National Disability Insurance Agency, Dr…

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