ACOSS Reports & Submissions
Sector Development
February 2005
Giving Australia is a major research project investigating volunteering and donations by individuals and businesses in Australia. The research agenda of Giving Australia will be important to philanthropic development in Australia for many years to come. Such development should be evidence based. Not only will this research build on the snap-shots on philanthropy provided by the two seminal ABS surveys in this field, it will also provide a collation of resources and development activity and assess important tax reform initiatives. Unlike those earlier efforts, this project integrates both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Includes: Giving to nonprofit organisations by individuals and households. Giving to nonprofit organisations by business.
September 2004
Giving Australia is a major research project investigating volunteering and donations by individuals and businesses in Australia. This research builds on the snap-shots on philanthropy provided by the two seminal ABS surveys in this field, and also provides a collation of resources and development activity and assess important tax reform initiatives.Giving Australia is a collaboration specifically formed to meet the challenges posed by this important research. It brings together a depth of research expertise and a breadth of networks across the non-profit and business sectors and their respective stakeholder groups.
Includes: Giving to nonprofit organisations by individuals and households. Giving to nonprofit organisations by business.
September 2004
Giving Australia is a collaboration specifically formed to meet the challenges posed by this important research. It brings together a depth of research expertise and a breadth of networks across the non-profit and business sectors and their respective stakeholder groups.
Published by Giving Australia, September 2004. Giving Australia is a major research project investigating volunteering and donations by individuals and businesses in Australia. The project was an initiative of the Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership, and is being coordinated by ACOSS in collaboration with other research partners.
June 2004
The primary interest of ACOSS in the application and impact of National Competition Policy is in relation to improvements or deterioration in the lives of low income and disadvantaged Australians, and improvements or deterioration in the circumstances of community agencies seeking to support low income and disadvantaged Australians.
ACOSS Info paper 359. Includes: Community services. National Competition Policy (NCP) and low-income and disadvantaged Australians. Social benefit and Public Interest Test. Markets, quasi-markets and social welfare.
August 2003
ACOSS Paper - published by ACOSS 2003
The third edition of the ER Handbook is a practical, hands-on resource for paid and unpaid ER service workers who are engaged in the delivery of ER to clients. Managers and coordinators of community organisations and Australian Government departments will also find useful information about the design and evaluation of ER services.
August 2003
ACOSS Info paper 349. Published by ACOSS, 2003.
Includes: Advocacy by charities. Australian Tax Office (ATO). Charity law reform. Public Benevolent Institution (PBI). Fringe Benefits Tax. Charity Definitions Inquiry. Federal Charity Commission. Amendments to the draft Charity Bill. Charity Definition Inquiry. Defining and regulating advocacy.
January 1970
This submission addressed some of the key recommendations made in the Productivity Commission's draft report on the contribution of the not-for-profit sector. It builds on the extensive consultation and submission ACOSS made to the Inquiry and highlights key issues including the importance of policy development and advocacy to strong and vibrant community services, and the need for regulation and reform of the sector to improve its capacity and effectiveness.
