Community Sector News

The NSW Auditor's review of NSW government's Red Tape Reduction concluded that efforts  "to prevent and reduce red tape were not effective.  Reported red tape… Read More

Digital inclusion impacts not only on individuals but also on communities, and therefore on the community sector.  Connectivity and access to digital services remains an… Read More

Dr Lucy Bernholz from Stanford University's Digital Civil Society Lab has recently been in Australia talking about how NFPs Must Do More to Prepare for… Read More

Did you know 25% of community organisations think they would close for good after an extreme weather event? Research undertaken by the Australian Council for… Read More

As part of their effort to reduce red tape within the Charity Sector, the ACNC has released a discussion paper, A common Charity Definition?, outlining… Read More

The review of the Associations Incorporations Act and Regulations has been completed and the changes apply from 1 September 2016.  They include an additional three… Read More

Community Council for Australia has released their report on mergers and collaborations that came out of the Owning Our Future roundtables held last year.  Two… Read More

The reality of the workforce is that people are promoted to manager because they are our best performers.  It is assumed that they will do… Read More

The Fair Work Act excludes casual employee from redundancies.  However, as a result of a recent decision by the Full Bench of the Fair Work… Read More

The results of the third year of Australia’s first social benefit bond Newpin have been released in the 2016 Newpin Annual Investor Report .  The… Read More

There is increasing awareness of growing inequality in Australia with extreme wealth on the one hand and extreme poverty on the other.  Governments are struggling… Read More

In Sophisticated Scammers Target NFPs, Pro Bono News reports on recent cases of scams in Western Australia where the scammers have posed as chief executives… Read More