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Budget: ‘Robin Hood’ Budget Comes Good, But Not for All – Welfare NFPs

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th May 2012 - Major welfare peak bodies and organisations have described the Federal Budget as promising, fair and a ‘Robin Hood” style approach to fiscal management – but…

Budget: Disability Organisations Welcome Funds for NDIS

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th May 2012 - Disability organisation have welcomed the strong commitment made in the Budget to kickstart a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). They says the allocation of $1billion…

Budget: The “Welfare” Budget and Not for Profits

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th May 2012 - Australians on low and middle incomes are the big winners in this year’s Federal Budget handed down by the Treasurer last night – and for the Not for Profit organisations…

Welfare Groups Concerned Over Proposed Cuts to Family Payments

Staff Reporter, Friday, 4th May 2012 - Speculation that the Federal Government will cut welfare payments to families in order to return a surplus in next week’s budget would worsen poverty in Australia, according…

ACOSS Report Identifies $8b in Budget Savings

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 26th April 2012 - A new report by welfare umbrella organisation, ACOSS, identifies around $8 billion dollars in Budget savings if the Federal Government tackles poorly targeted subsidies and tax…

Senator to Live on the Dole for a Week

Staff Reporter, Friday, 13th April 2012 -
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert announces she will live on $17 a day for a week. Photo: supplied. Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert is trying to live on just $17 a day for a week,…

Aged Care System ‘Failing’ Dementia Sufferers

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 10th April 2012 -
Flickr image: Some rights reserved by Wanderlinse Australia’s aged care system is failing people with dementia, according to a new report by Alzheimer’s…

International Aid Needs Team Approach – ACFID

Staff Reporter, Friday, 20th January 2012 - Flickr image:
Some rights reserved by DFID – UK Department for International Development The Australian Council for International…

Federal Budget 2012: Cut Wasteful Expenditure, Not Support for the Most Needy – ACOSS

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 12th January 2012 - ACOSS, the Australia Council of Social Service, has released its priorities for the Federal Budget in 2012, calling on the Australian Government to tackle waste while giving priority…

Tax Ruling Tough on NFPs

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 23rd June 2011 -

A Melbourne taxation expert on Not for Profit issues has warned that the Australian Tax Office has ‘subsidiary entities’ and in particular Not for Profit Clubs

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Barriers to Work for Disability Support Pensioners

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 2nd June 2011 -

A new report on disability support pensioners shows that there are continuing barriers to work for people with a disability as the number of recipients continues to rise. The

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Budget to Establish NFP Regulator, Tighten Tax Exemptions

Staff Reporter, Monday, 9th May 2011 - The Federal Government is set to follow through on its promise of creating a one-stop independent regulator for the Not for Profit sector, with the 2011-12 Federal Budget to include…

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