Luke Michael, Wednesday, 11th April 2018 - Aid charities have warned that continuing cuts to Australia’s aid budget are diminishing the nation’s influence in the Pacific region, after it emerged Australia has fallen in the…
Luke Michael, Tuesday, 10th April 2018 - The charity sector has welcomed recommendations on the foreign donations bill as a “step in the right direction”, but still called on the government to go “back to the drawing board”…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 29th March 2018 - Australian aid charities have called on the federal government to rule out further cuts to international aid, after reports emerged the Turnbull government was considering a $400…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 29th March 2018 - A major peer review of Australia’s aid program has warned that successive cuts to the nation’s aid budget is impairing the effectiveness of its humanitarian efforts, leading to calls…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 22nd March 2018 - There has been a renewed push to withdraw the federal government’s package of foreign interference bills, with an open letter set to be presented to Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten…
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 7th February 2018 - Only one in five Australians support the Turnbull government’s proposed measures to restrict charitable advocacy, including just 36 per cent of Coalition supporters, according…
Wendy Williams, Thursday, 1st February 2018 - The majority of Australian charities are unclear on how they stand to be affected by the government’s proposed Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Bill 2017, according…
Wendy Williams, Monday, 29th January 2018 - The world does not need Australian weapons “adding fuel to the fire” according to CEOs of Australia’s leading humanitarian agencies, who have slammed the federal government’s new…
Wendy Williams, Monday, 22nd January 2018 - Charities are being called on to have their say on the controversial foreign donations bill “while they still can”, amid fears the bill could “erode democracy”.The Election Funding…
Wendy Williams, Monday, 27th November 2017 - A coalition of 25 major Australian charities has united to oppose moves by the federal government to “silence Australians”, prompting Labor to call for a stop on the war on charities.…
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 1st November 2017 -
Australia’s international development charities have passed a resolution at the sector’s annual conference in Melbourne calling on the federal government to halt “disturbing…
Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 1st November 2017 - The former head of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission has been elected as president of the nation’s peak-body for aid and international development non-governmental…