Non-Profit News Service No. 0332 - Chair of implementation taskforce for ACNC announced

On 4 July 2011, the Assistant Treasurer announced Susan Pascoe, AM has been appointed as the Chair of the Implementation Taskforce for the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).

The Implementation Taskforce will ensure the ACNC is ready for operation by 1 July 2012, consulting on a single general reporting framework and information portal requirements.

Ms Pascoe's biography is included in the Assistant Treasurer's media release No. 100 as follows:

Ms Pascoe has been a full-time Commissioner with the Victorian State Services Authority, with responsibility for Regulatory Reform, since September 2006. She was formerly the Chief Executive of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria and the Director of Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Before this, she was the Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Ms Pascoe has been closely involved in state, national and international efforts to improve the quality and equity of school education.

Following the Victorian bushfires in February 2009, Ms Pascoe took leave from the Authority with her appointment as a Commissioner to the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission. Ms Pascoe returned to the Authority in August 2010.

Susan has been a member of several Australian delegations to the OECD and UNESCO, and led Australia's delegation to the UN World Education Forum in Senegal in 2001. She was the Chair of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO and a Director of the Senate of the Australian Catholic University. Susan is the past President and Fellow of the Australian College of Educators, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Public Administration, the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

We advised of the non-profit sector reforms, including the establishment of the ACNC, in Non-Profit News Service No. 0325 - 2011-12 Budget: Measures relevant to non-profit organisations.

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