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Management Support Unit (MSU)
These resources are to help your community sector organisation improve all areas of its management and governance.
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In October 2011 the Federal Government invited submissions to its consultation paper on a definition of charity. This followed the Government announcement in the 2011-12 Budget that it would introduce a statutory definition of charity, applicable across all Commonwealth laws, from 1 July 2013.
The joint COSS submission, developed by ACOSS, is available above.
For further information please contact:
Catherine Mahony
Catherine@ncoss.org.au
Includes: WT4NSW Agreement | WTFNSW Good Funding Policy and Practice | WT4NSW Implementation Committee | WT4NSW Projects | New research on Compacts
Coordinating
Minister for Human Services, Linda Burney, announced a range of
measures to begin to reduce the 'red tape' burden on the sector. Recommendations are detailed in the NSW Government's
Non Government Organisation Red Tape Reduction Report, Dec 2009:
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March 2010
On 17 March
2009, the Productivity Commission received a terms of reference from the
Government asking it to undertake a commissioned study on the contributions of
the not for profit sector.
The Commission's draft report was released for comment in October and
NCOSS convened a consultation between the sector and Commissioner Dennis Trewin
in November 2009.
Productivity Commission's final report on the contribution of the not-for profit sector was released on 11 February 2010.
The National Compact between the third sector (community and
not-for-profit organisations) and the Australian Government, was launched on 17
March 2010 by Senator Ursula Stephens, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion
and the Voluntary Sector.
A national not-for-profit regulator - ACOSS response to Treasury Scoping Study Consultation Paper
01/03/2011
In January the Commonwealth Government released The Scoping study for a national not-for-profit (NFP) regulator Consultation Paper to seek comments from stakeholders on the potential goals, scope, functions and form of a national regulator.
A national regulator for the NFP sector has been recommended by a number of previous inquiries and reports, including the Productivity Commissions report on the Contribution of the NFP Sector in 2010.
For further information please contact Catherine Mahony, Deputy Director, Sector Development/Corporate Services
Catherine@ncoss.org.au