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Maggie Coggan

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Maggie Coggan is a journalist at Pro Bono News covering the social sector.

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Missing link in the gig economy

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Maggie Coggan, Friday, 5th April 2019 -  While the gig economy has become increasingly popular in the last five years, transparency and working conditions remain blurry, something an online hub is now fighting to change.

Virtual counsellor steps in to help out on suicide hotline

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Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 4th April 2019 -  One of Australia’s largest suicide helplines is trialing a virtual counsellor as the first point of call for people accessing the site, in a bid to make the service faster and easier to access.  

Environment groups slam budget for climate inaction

Budget

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 -  Environment spending has been labelled pointless by conservation groups in this year’s federal budget, with calculations showing for every dollar spent on the environment, $4 will be spent on subsidising pollution.  

Infrastructure wins big, but housing left behind

Budget

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 -  Despite infrastructure coming out as one of this year’s federal budget big winners, spending around social and affordable housing barely made mention, leaving community housing and homelessness groups reeling.

NT housing groups breathe a sigh of relief over remote housing deal

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Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 2nd April 2019 -  A prolonged remote housing battle between the federal and Northern Territory governments has been finalised, with NT land councils and social housing groups labelling the news as a step towards solving the overcrowding crisis.

Australians generosity revealed

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Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 2nd April 2019 -  Australians upped charitable giving by over half a billion dollars from 2015 to 2017, Australian Tax Office figures have revealed.  

LGBTQI+ group call to abolish birth certificate barriers

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Maggie Coggan, Monday, 1st April 2019 -  To mark Trans Day of Visibility, an Australian LGBTQI+ advocacy group has launched a campaign calling on states and territories to eliminate barriers for gender diverse people updating their birth certificate gender.

Why being sustainable isn’t just about the environment

Changemaker

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 1st April 2019 -  While Arron Wood has had a lot of different jobs, they have all been for the same reason; to try and make the world a more environmentally and socially sustainable place. He’s this week’s Changemaker.  

What’s with the workplace secrecy?

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Maggie Coggan, Friday, 29th March 2019 -  Employees are more likely to withhold important information from their coworkers when they are feeling overworked, or to avoid criticism, new research has uncovered.

Leaving a message of gratitude

A Lighter Note

Maggie Coggan, Friday, 29th March 2019 -  While most people are quick to find something to complain about, a crowd-sourced project is aiming to flip the world’s thinking and perspective, by collecting one million online messages of gratitude by the end of 2020.

Big Australian finance players sign on to fight climate change

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Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 27th March 2019 -  The big four Australian banks, superfunds and insurance companies are taking climate change into their own hands by signing onto an initiative that aims to realign the sector to support better social, environmental and economic outcomes for the country.  

Peak Indigenous groups given a seat at the table to close the gap

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Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 27th March 2019 -  A coalition of peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bodies has welcomed a historic partnership with the government to rework the Closing the Gap Refresh, announced on Wednesday.
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