Policy / Government
Treasury Report outlines significant intergenerational challenges for Australia especially health care.
A consortium of four major charities purchases ABC Learning childcare centres
Victoria's Community Support Fund is to be given a sharper focus after criticism from the Auditor General.
The major leadership roles in the newly established Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), are expected to be announced in mid-February after a recruitment drive that is said to have produced a field of high calibre candidates.
Nearly 2,000 Australians have joined an online campaign urging the Victorian Government to fully fund Fair Work Australia’s equal pay decision and not cut critical services.
State and Territory Governments have been urged to commit to funding the community sector pay rises awarded in yesterday’s historic Fair Work Australia decision.
The community sector has welcomed today’s decision by Fair Work Australia in the equal pay case for Australian community sector workers.
The majority decision handed down by Fair Work Australia in the equal remuneration case is a disturbing outcome that must be quarantined, says the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Unionists say they are ‘jumping for joy” in the landmark equal pay decision by Fair Work Australia.
Fair Work Australia has found in favour of the community sector equal pay claim which will see major pay rises for tens of thousands of workers across the country.
Specialist Not for Profit legal service, PilchConnect, says it has serious and fundamental concerns over suggestions raised in the Federal Government’s Not for Profit Governance Paper and wants any changes to governance arrangements deferred.
The Report on Government Services 2012 has been released by the Commonwealth highlighting performance and funding issues around aged care, child protection and disability services.
Victorians will have the opportunity to help shape a new alcohol and drug strategy, following pressure to undertake community engagement on the reforms by the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA).
A coalition of 28 peak organisations has warned the Federal Government that the aged care sector is headed for a “crisis” unless urgent reform is undertaken.
The Federal Government’s Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission (ACNC) has launched a Facebook page in the hope of facilitating ongoing engagement with people living in rural and remote areas.
The Federal Government is being urged not to turn its back on funding to fight HIV and to bring forward its financial commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Actor and performing arts mentor Geoffrey Rush has been named the Australian of the Year for 2012 by Prime Minister Julia Gillard at a special ceremony in Canberra.
The Queensland Government is set to change the state’s Criminal Code to remove doubts about how and when a partial defence involving a sexual advance can be used, essentially ending the so-called “gay panic” defence.
The Victorian Government is set to develop a three year Action Plan to address the issue of violence against women and their children.
The Federal Government has launched a National Mental Health Commission to monitor services for people with mental illness.