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Samantha Freestone is a career reporter with a special interest in Indo-Pacific geopolitics, sustainable financial market reporting and politics.

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Sexual assault in aged care tackled with Ready to Listen campaign

Samantha Freestone, Wednesday, 8th June 2022 -  The Older Persons Advocacy Network has launched a new campaign to increase awareness of sexual assault in the aged care sector.

Advocates call on new government to adopt human rights charter

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 6th June 2022 -  The Albanese government has promised to review the implementation of a national human rights charter. The Human Rights Law Centre is now campaigning to hold the government to its word, hot on the heels of a new report.

Rebuilding after the fires: the role of entrepreneurship

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 30th May 2022 -  Community-led solutions was one of four key topics explored at the SEWF 2022 Policy Forum which took place last week, kicking off an annual programme of events. 

BlueRock launches Be BlueRock Foundation

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 30th May 2022 -  Melbourne-based advisory firm BlueRock is set to officially launch the philanthropic arm of its company, the Be BlueRock Foundation.

World-first Global Period Poverty forum to launch in Brisbane

Samantha Freestone, Thursday, 26th May 2022 -  Period poverty was a little known issue in Australia until Share the Dignity founder Rochelle Courtenay raised its profile. Now she's going global.

Social enterprise sector commits to shared vision

Samantha Freestone, Tuesday, 5th April 2022 -  The Australian social enterprise sector has set a course for a national strategy to navigate the challenges of coming years.

B Lab slap moratorium on B Corps in Russia and Belarus

Samantha Freestone, Thursday, 31st March 2022 -  Global not for profit network B Lab has halted certification of B Corp status on all businesses in Russia, and its ally Belarus, in response to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Making for-purpose business, business as usual – Part three

Analysis

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 6th December 2021 -  In the third of a four part series, Tara Anderson and Andrew Curtis of The Dragonfly Collective encourage you to think about who your customers are and what you offer them.

They said it would never catch on – but social enterprise is here to stay

Opinion

Samantha Freestone, Tuesday, 30th November 2021 -  Tara Anderson and Bella Borello from Social Traders explain why now is the time to raise the curtain on social enterprise and show the world that business for good can, and should, be business as usual.

What does it take to rejuvenate a declining rural community?

Opinion

Samantha Freestone, Wednesday, 6th October 2021 -  To thrive into the future, Australia’s rural communities need to simultaneously build economic, social, cultural and creative capital, writes Matt Pfahlert, CEO of the Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship, who explains why social enterprise and community-led rejuvenation are key. 

Victoria launches new social enterprise strategy

Samantha Freestone, Tuesday, 5th October 2021 -  The Victorian government has laid out a four-year road map for how it plans to strengthen and support the state’s thriving social enterprise sector
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