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SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... 55-59 age group. Claim rates for suicide were also nearly five times higher for men than women. SuperMIND found that Victoria and Queensland's claim rates for suicide were almost double the claim rates of other locations and had claim rates for both ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... the absolute term s, and b.) the second stage - how you finance it. It is a market education process." As the state of Victoria considers expanding EUA legislation throughout the state, and the state of South Australia considers its version of EUAs ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... something they owned if they found themselves without money, while 70% accessed savings or 40% used credit cards. In Victoria, Good Shepherd Microfinance operates three Good Money retail sites that provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling ...

UCA Funds Management appoint independent directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Funds Management Chairman Dick Carter. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, and provides investment management for charities, faith-based organisation and their members. It has AU$900 million ...

Pollinate Energy to partner with Powershop

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is establishing a partnership with Victorian energy retailer Powershop that will see the retailer donate $50 to Pollinate ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
If Australia is to make a long-term transition to lower carbon energy sources, it will require ongoing policy support from state and federal government as well as long-term investment from the private sector, while recognising that the impacts of renewable ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, and provides investment management for charities, faith-based organisation and their members. It has AU$900 ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, and provides investment management for charities, faith-based organisation and their members. It has AU$900 ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open SA Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... for one store, it's a three year commitment, and we are looking to leverage this, continue the work of Good Money in Victoria and apply the knowledge we've already gathered," Mooney said. In Victoria, Good Shepherd Microfinance operates three Good Money ...

Addressing the human crisis of climate change displacement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... affected. Putting that in graphic terms, 50 million acres would be the same as the country of Uganda or roughly the size of Victoria in Australia. In the smaller figure, at the low end of the estimate scale, in country terms we're talking the size of ...