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Top Community Sector Awards Announced

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th June 2014 - A former female prisoner mentoring other prisoners affected by the criminal justice system, one of Australia’s oldest women’s refuges and a disability advocate leading…

Calls for New Way for NFP Sector to Work Together

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th June 2014 - An Indigenous leader has called on the community sector to reconfigure the way it works together, in the opening keynote address at this year's ACOSS National Conference in Brisbane.…

New Indigenous Fund to Tackle Budget Cuts

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th June 2014 - The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has revealed at the ACOSS National Conference that it will set up a public fund in response to the Federal Government cutting…

Newstart Change Will Push Under-30s into Poverty – ACOSS

Staff Reporter, Friday, 6th June 2014 - Welfare peak body, the Australian Council of Social Service, has called on the Federal Government to drop its plan to deny unemployed people under 30 access to income support for six…

Call to Focus on Jobs for Young Aussies – ACOSS

Staff Reporter, Monday, 2nd June 2014 - The Australian Council of Social Service has urged the Federal Government to focus on improving job opportunities for young people saying the Government is investing precious dollars…

Senate Inquiry Debates ACNC Future

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 27th May 2014 - Supporters and detractors of the the charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, have given evidence to the Senate inquiry into the Coalition…

C20 Summit Registration Deadline Looms

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 27th May 2014 - The registration deadline for the C20 Summit – the first of the lead-in G20 ‘satellite’ conferences to debate proposed policies to be put to the G20 – is…

Hockey Defends ‘Remedial’ Budget to Not for Profits

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has been forced to defend his Federal Budget to the Not for Profit sector, saying that while the Coalition’s Budget may seem tough, society’s…

ACOSS National Conference – A Chance for Important Discussion

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - As the community sector comes to terms with the recent Federal Budget, the Australian Council of Social Service will bring together representatives of the sector to develop a better…

Welfare Carries Budget Burden

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 14th May 2014 - Welfare bodies nationally claim that those being asked to carry the greatest burden from the Federal Budget spending cuts are those who can least afford it. Representatives from…

ACOSS Warns on Budget Welfare Cutbacks

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 13th May 2014 - A new analysis from welfare peak body ACOSS claims the main welfare targets expected in today’s Federal Budget – Newstart, family tax benefits and the disability support…

Welfare Review Gets More Time

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 6th May 2014 - Federal Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews has delayed the release of a review of Australia’s welfare system – the interim report not expected now until after the…

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