The Australian Human Rights Commission has welcomed the Australian Government's announcement that Australia will become a party to the Optional Protocol to the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Disability Convention).
Volunteering Australia has now completed Phase 1 of the review of National Standards for Involving Volunteers in Not for Profit Organisations with respondents indicating a preference for refinement of the current standards rather than a ...
The recent Australian Labor Party National Conference formally acknowledged the important contributions of third sector organisations and has agreed to the need for a purpose-built sector-specific regulatory framework.
Philanthropy Australia has launched a new knowledge-sharing tool to help source funding for projects proposed by non-profits.
Teach for Australia (TFA), an independent not-for-profit educational organisation with a mission to transform top university graduates from non-teaching backgrounds into exceptional teachers and inspirational leaders, was launched in Melbourne on 28 July.
The Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) has received its largest-ever philanthropic gift, AUD $27.5 million from The Atlantic Philanthropies for its $179 million, new state of the art 13 floor research facility at the ...
Come down and visit the Third Sector stand at the Associations Forum National Conference being held at the new Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 29-30 July 2009 to collect previous editions of the magazine and ...
The Australian Human Rights Commission is encouraging you to have your say about African Australian experiences of human rights and social inclusion. Submissions will be received up until Friday, 31 July.
Not-for-profits across Australia are feeling the effects of the global financial crisis and don't expect any improvement in the year ahead, a comprehensive survey of the impact of the economic downturn on not-for-profit organisations has ...
One of the UK's leading providers of IT support and management services to the not-for-profit sector, appiChar, has arrived in Australia and to say hello they are giving away $53,000 worth of services, IT equipment ...