Benchmark for conflicts of interestNSW Acting Auditor-General, Tony Whitfield released a report - Volume Eight 2015 - Family and Community Services. He recommended that FACS improve how ‘conflicts of… Read More
ACNC Charities Report 2014 is critical readingReleased in December 2015 the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Australian Charities Report 2014 offers data and analysis derived from the 2014 Annual Information… Read More
Workers Compensation reform package for NSW may eventually reduce premiumsWorkCover NSW announced that a third of their annual surplus will be returned to businesses and two thirds to injured workers. ‘Businesses that perform well… Read More
State of the Sector Survey 2015 prioritises advocacyPro Bono released their annual State of the Sector Report. It enables comparisons between 2013, 2014 and 2015 in categories of data that include ‘Sector Performance… Read More
Report on the statutory review of the Associations Incorporation Act 2009The statutory review of the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 is completed. The review was ‘undertaken to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain… Read More
Research to Practice: the importance of the Human ConnectionThe Institute of Child Protection Studies Research to Practice Series published an article The importance of a ‘Human Connection’: Helpful Relationships with Service Users and… Read More
What is necessary for 'More Effective Social Services'?The context for the New Zealand Productivity Commission enquiry was ‘enhancing productivity and value in public services’. The report More Effective Social Services (August 2015)… Read More
The Nonprofit Leadership Development DeficitThis article by Libbie Landles-Cobb, Kirk Kramer & Katie Smith Milway looks at the missing factor in succession planning in the USA. They identify a… Read More
Equity and Collective Impact- how to fully engage diverse community voicesSheri Brady’s article Building Many Stories into Collective Impact in The Stanford Social Innovation Review opens her article with the quote ‘If you are not… Read More
How should Not-for-profits recognise income in financial reporting?When should the money received from grants be formally recognised as organisational income? There are at least two sides to the debate about proposed reform… Read More
To merge or not-to-mergeAn article from September, by Lina Caneva, is worthy of attention within the current debates about mergers as a necessary direction to rationalise the not-for-profit… Read More
Volunteeering is more than just not paying your 'worker'Justice Connect hosted an event called Volunteering Law: unpaid workers, interns and volunteers on 4 November which will hopefully be repeated in 2016. Till then… Read More
