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Putting Disability and Leadership in the Same Sentence

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 3rd December 2018 -  When disability advocate and entrepreneur, Christina Ryan, realised workplace programs helping people with disability into leadership roles were non-existent, she got angry. And then she started the Disability Leadership Institute, an enterprise that

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Possibilities of the Humanitarian Robot

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 26th November 2018 -  With technology playing a bigger part in our lives everyday, Lizzie O’Shea is combining her work with Digital Rights Watch, and as a humanitarian lawyer, to ensure the digital world is as ethical and and democratic as it can be. She is this week’

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Why Not Me?

Marilyn Jones, Monday, 26th November 2018 -  Each fortnight, experienced recruiter Marilyn Jones will be providing advice for job seekers entering and moving within the social sector. In her first blog, Marilyn Jones discusses the concept of soft skills and how to make sure your CV works to giv
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Pathways to Employment

Contributor, Thursday, 22nd November 2018 -  Optus is encouraging not for profits to get involved with its Pathways to Employment program, which seeks to address youth unemployment in Australia.

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Standing up and Speaking Out on a Broken System

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 19th November 2018 -  Anthony Kelly is executive officer of the Police Accountability Project – an initiative run out of the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre – which provides legal aid to the vulnerable, and works to overhaul a broken system of policin

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The Many Faces of Depression

Adam Blanch, Monday, 19th November 2018 -  Psychologist Adam Blanch offers advice to someone suffering depression, and says while it feels horrible, it may not be the real problem, but rather the way our body is trying to solve it.

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Closing the Eye Health Gap

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 12th November 2018 -  Professor Hugh Taylor AC is the founder of Indigenous Eye Health at Melbourne University, and is fighting to close the gap of preventable blindness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders by 2020. He is this week’s Changemaker.

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Farming For a Better Future

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 5th November 2018 -  Anika Molesworth is not your ordinary farmer. Founder of Climate Wise Agriculture, and board member of Farmers for Climate Action, she’s on a mission to change the future of farming through sustainable practices, and fighting the endless battle mak

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The Flight of the Corporate Refugee

Adam Blanch, Monday, 5th November 2018 -  Psychologist Adam Blanch considers why moving from the corporate sector to the social purpose space doesn’t always deliver a sense of meaning.

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Gambling: A Few Bad Choices or a Rotten Industry?

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 29th October 2018 -  Tony Mohr is the executive director of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, a coalition of 80 different local councils, not for profits, and community groups, fiercely fighting for an overhaul of the gambling industry.
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