by Mick Devine | Last updated May 16, 2019 | News
From 1 July 2012 board and committee members of incorporated associations started facing penalties of up to $20,000 for breaches of new legal duties. This affects especially, Boards allowing their organisation to trade while insolvent. This has prompted changes to the...
by Mick Devine | Last updated Jun 10, 2019 | News
The latest of BDO’s annual surveys of fraud in not-for-profits has revealed that once again, the most common methods of detecting fraud are strong internal controls and tip-offs. Internal controls have been the most successful method of detecting fraud over the years....
by Mick Devine | Last updated Jun 10, 2019 | News
Last month the ACNC (Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission) Taskforce completed a series of community consultations. ACNC Taskforce Community Consultations They travelled around the country to explain their plans and seek feedback from members of...
by Mick Devine | Last updated Jun 10, 2019 | News
Plans to replace the current Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) has successful remote community organisation Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) worried. The scrapping of the program will affect the 480 CDEP participants and 150 salaried staff in the...
by Mick Devine | Last updated Jun 12, 2019 | News
A new survey, released by Digital Business Insights, has highlighted the difficulties NFPs have with financial reporting. While most people agreed that popular programs like MYOB and QuickBooks were good overall, some of those surveyed commented that their needs...