UnitingCare Australia

18 February 2010

The Major Church Providers’ Community Services Industry Issues Forum was held on February 18, providing a shared opportunity to hear presentations on the pressing industry issues the sector is facing and to discuss potential impacts of taxation, industrial and wider sector reform on not-for-profit social services.

Below are the presentations from the four speakers:

Robert Fitzgerald AM, Productivity Commissioner - Findings of the "Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector" Inquiry

Linda White, Assistant National Secretary Australian Services Union - Update on Industrial Issues

Richard West, Minter Ellison - Implications of industrial and employment issues

Joe Zabar, UnitingCare Australia - Services Sustainability and Taxation

August 2009

UnitingCare Australia’s National Director was invited by Reconciliation Australia to participate in its women’s program at this year’s Garma Festival. Lin has written a very descriptive report detailing her experience. You can read her reflections, Postcards from Garma, here.

You can also find out more about the Garma festival here.

The Floor in the ETS - an article on an emissions trading scheme by the Australia Institute's Executive Director, Richard Denniss.

UnitingCare Australia's National Director, Lin Hatfield Dodds, has prepared a piece for the Sun Herald on the global financial crisis' impact on social services and vulnerable Australians.

Click here to view