Board member Susan Campbell is awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to conservation and the environment. Read more →
Volunteering Australia’s new National Standards for Volunteer Involvement were launched on Monday 11 May 2015 to mark the beginning of National Volunteer Week 2015 (11-17 May).Read more →
Under the Federal Budget released on 12 May, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has been allocated an estimated total budget of $39.6 million for the Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program in 2015/2016.Read more →
“Give happy, live happy”, as the theme of the National Volunteer Week 2015 suggests, may not always happen. Altruist acts can and do go wrong as the following anecdotes show. However, we can avoid those bad after tastes. Read more →
