Governance / Management
Less than a year after the national peak body for Not for Profit aged care providers Aged and Community Services Australia announced its plans to merge with the for-profit Aged Care Association Australia, the ACSA board has resolved to no longer pursue the merger.
A consortium of four major charities purchases ABC Learning childcare centres
A report into a groundbreaking Sydney homeless service shows it has delivered improved accommodation, employment and goal-achievement outcomes, a reduction in the need for income support and all at a significantly lower cost per day than providing a bed in another institutional setting (eg: hospital or jail).
Variety, a national children’s charity, has appointed highly regarded charity worker, Peter Hebbes AM as their “Chief Barker”.
Employers are being urged to think about how they can better support the mental health of their staff at work, as the costs of failing to act hurt both the individual and the business.
Registrations have now opened for the 2012 ACOSS National Conference to be held in March in Sydney.
Women across Victoria are being encouraged to consider applying for a scholarship to enhance their Not for Profit board expertise and skills.
Thinking of starting up your own Not for Profit? Co-founder of Embrace Education and Pro Bono Australia team member Emil Kogan shares his ten tips to help you avoid common mistakes and get your organisation off the ground.
Despite women making up 85% of the workforce in the Not for Profit sector, little is known about the gendered nature of senior management and Board positions within the sector.
The Australian Scholarships Foundation has announced 75 scholarships for Chairs of charitable organisations, to support good governance in the Not for Profit sector.
The Coalition has refused to back the Gillard Government’s proposed pay increase for community sector workers, with senior Opposition frontbenchers criticising the Prime Minister for making ‘unfunded’ announcements.
Australia's peak community and social services body ACOSS has welcomed the agreement between the ASU and the Australian Government in the Equal Pay Case saying community sector workers get pay rises of between 19 and 42 per cent.
Governments around the country now need to consult with and work alongside the community sector in partnership through the implementation process of the Gillard Government’s equal pay pledge, according to the Victorian Council of Social Service, VCOSS.
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard made her historic equal pay pledge today at a meeting with representatives of the Australian Services Union at Technology Park, in Sydney. Here’s some of what she said.
UnitingCare Australia has welcomed the Gillard Government’s commitment to fund its share of the increase in community services wages which are subject to the pay equity case currently before Fair Work Australia.
Pay scales for executives in the Not for Profit Sector don’t usually make for dinner party conversation - but there are some current trends that could change this, making annual remuneration less than palatable for some in the sector.
CBA Finance News | Two reports released last week - the Consumer Price Index and Import & Export Prices - provide good news for Not for Profits , says James McIntyre from the Commonwealth Bank.
The Australian Tax Office has delivered a new ruling on its view of charities following recent court decisions, forcing it to deliver an interim definition of ‘charity’. For some in the Not for Profit sector the ruling creates an uncertain state of limbo.
Some 85% of Australian Not for Profit organisations are confident that they will achieve their goals over the next 12 months despite a difficult year, and attracting skilled staff remains a major issue, according to the inaugural Westpac Community Confidence Index.
The Federal Government is about to release a consultation paper to the Not for Profit sector on the key issues around a statutory definition of ‘charity’ - falling short of offering a final definition for consideration.