24 May 2012
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.
The Gillard Government will inject $37 million into Victorian government schools to help students with disabilities.
The long time Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vision Australia, Gerard Menses has resigned in an environment of major fundraising reform in the sector.
The Victorian Government is calling for public input into the national standards for
disability services in preparation for a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
The man described as the the grandfather of social enterprise in Australia, Steve Lawrence has died after a long battle with cancer aged 60.
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.
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.
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.
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