23 May 2012
Thousands of Not for Profit organisations in the United States misreport how they solicit billions of dollars in donations, making it impossible for Americans to know how their gifts are used, according to a Scripps Howard News Service analysis.
A new report by the University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) has found smart technologies can support older people in their homes for longer.
The Federal Government’s decision to further delay the start of the charity regulator, ACNC, highlights the complexities involved in regulating the Not for Profit sector, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Independent Senator for South Australia Nick Xenophon says the Government’s poker machine reforms are fundamentally flawed and reaffirmed he will continue to push for what he describes as ‘meaningful reform’.
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has decided to vote in support of the Gillard Government’s National Gambling Reform Bill 2012 despite continuing reservations.
The former Chief of the Defence Force and 2011 Australian of the Year, General Peter Cosgrove, has been appointed as the first Chair of the new aged-care advocacy organisation called Leading Age Services Australia.
Services to older people should be based on human rights principles, according to Australia’s first full time Age Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Ryan.
Australian aid agencies have welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement to contribute an additional $16 million of funding to respond to the escalating humanitarian crises in Africa.
A major factor that affects the mental wellbeing of our young people is the shockingly poor pathways for progressing from dependence to independence says Jan Owen, the CEO of of the Foundation for Young Australians which has just launched Young People Without Borders.
Milton Brown, Schools Program Manager for SurfAid Schools Program, is profiled in Changemakers - a regular column which examines inspiring people and their careers in the Not for Profit sector.
Obese women are more likely to be discriminated against when applying for jobs and receive lower starting salaries than their non-overweight colleagues, a new study has found.
Two young Australians have been appointed as the newest members of the Board of the Foundation for Young Australians.
