Policy

Charity regulator welcomes further reforms for charities in Western Australia

Pearl Dy October 6, 2020

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) welcomes reforms that will further reduce the red tape burden for charities in Western Australia. Under the reforms,

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Policy, Health, covid-19, nonprofit

Disability Royal Commission COVID-19 Hearing

Tom Griffith September 3, 2020

Authors: Tom Griffith, Alyssa Sallis, Rachel Chalmers The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Disability Royal Commission) held a public hearing last

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philanthropy, Policy, covid-19

Policy priorities for a Post COVID-19 Australia

Pearl Dy August 27, 2020

As Australia’s charitable sector grapples with the significant and long-term impacts of COVID-19, Australia’s peak body for philanthropy is calling for changes to encourage more

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Policy, Sponsored

Evidence and Implementation Summit 2021 Virtual Series:
Is Evidence-Informed Innovation an Oxymoron?

Pearl Dy August 12, 2020

The social innovation community looks to identify and support new and catalytic ideas. But part of the sector’s responsibility is to also ensure it is

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Grants, Policy, Finance

Community Business Grants focus on risk opportunities for struggling not for profits

Pearl Dy August 11, 2020

With a recent national survey showing that the pandemic continues to profoundly impact the sustainability of not for profit organisations across Australia, a new grant opportunity could

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Report, Policy

New research shows huge economic costs of excluding people from support during pandemic

Pearl Dy July 30, 2020

New research released indicates that excluding refugees and people seeking asylum from financial support could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and exacerbate the nation’s health

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Opinion, Social enterprise, Policy

Social enterprise proving resilient but right policy and support needed

David Brookes July 28, 2020

The Australian social enterprise sector has proven to be highly resilient in the face of COVID-19 but increased support from Governments and private business is

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Opinion, Partnerships, Policy, Governance, nonprofit

Purposeful Governance: Transformation of small and medium not-for-profits serving Australian communities

Ranjit Gajendra Nadarajah FCMA, FCPA July 17, 2020

Authors: Ranjit Gajendra Nadarajah FCMA, and FCPA Vivienne Cunningham-Smith The predicament Let’s just cut to the chase. Australia is in recession for the first time

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Uncategorized, Housing and Homelessness, Policy

Sector seeking urgent action to end rough sleeping homelessness

Pearl Dy July 14, 2020

The Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) has launched a sector wide lobbying campaign, Homes Beyond Covid, to raise awareness of the urgent needs of

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Fellowship, Policy

Senior Fellows drive global change in Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Program

Katie Puttock June 30, 2020

Meet Dean Parkin, a Quandamooka man from Minjerribah, also known as North Stradbroke Island. Among many achievements, Dean is one of the inaugural Senior Fellows

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