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  • Save the date – National Volunteering Conference: Diversity, Power, Purpose

    We're delighted to announce that the next National Volunteering Conference will take place in Perth, Western Australia from 18 to [...]

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  • Volunteering Australia welcomes ALP charity policy announcement

    Volunteering Australia welcomes today’s charity policy announcement by Labor’s Shadow Minister for Charities and Not-for-profits the Hon Dr Andrew Leigh [...]

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  • Funding announced for Volunteering

    Volunteering Australia welcomes the announcement by the Hon Minister for Families and Social Services Paul Fletcher MP of around $559,000 [...]

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  • Productivity Commission Inquiry into Mental Health

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  • Summary Analysis of Key 2019-20 Federal Budget Measures

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  • Leading a Culture of Giving in Australia

    Volunteering Australia is pleased to launch our federal election platform – Leading a Culture of Giving in Australia. This platform [...]

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  • Budget presents mixed results for Volunteering

    The federal budget has produced mixed results for the volunteering sector, with some positive measures in mental health, sport and [...]

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  • In the age of #metoo volunteers should not be victims

    It’s appalling that in 2019 federal equal opportunity laws do not prohibit sexual harassment of volunteers. When this federal gap [...]

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