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Here’s how your NFP can get climate-change ready

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 12th August 2021 -  The impacts of climate change are already being felt globally. Longer droughts, catastrophic bushfires, and severe flooding put all parts of society at risk, including the charity sector. We take a look at what these risks are and how your organisati

The National Workforce Capability Framework and the NDIS National Workforce Plan – inspiration and groundhog day?

Contributor, Thursday, 12th August 2021 -  Two weeks ago, the director of Purpose at Work, Dr Caroline Alcorso, wrote about whether the new NDIS National Workforce Plan 2021-2025 can deliver on its promise of fostering innovation. This time she looks at whether it can assist providers with im

Opinion

DES is working, so why is no one talking about it?

Rick Kane, Wednesday, 11th August 2021 -  Australia’s Disability Employment Services (DES) program is proving to be the best hope for people with disability finding meaningful work. So why are the critics getting the program so wrong when the evidence that it works is right in front of the

Into the rainbow

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Beyond a rainbow sticker: The strong case for LGBTIQ+ inclusion

Nevena Spirovska, Tuesday, 10th August 2021 -  By not adding in questions about sexual orientation, gender identity, or variations in sex characteristics, this year’s census has failed the LGBTIQ+ community. Until LGBTIQ+ people are counted, they remain invisible, writes Nevena Spirovska.

Youth matters

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Bridging the gap between young people and decision makers

Ali Noura, Monday, 9th August 2021 -  The recurring narratives of “no one listens to us young people” versus “young people are naive” are unhelpful. It’s time for young people and decision makers to reframe their view of each other from adversaries to partners, write Ali Noura
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Advocates hope homelessness report marks new era of Commonwealth engagement

Luke Michael, Monday, 9th August 2021 -  Homelessness sector leaders say the federal government must urgently call a meeting of state and territory ministers to consider findings from the report 
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Australians back the case for guaranteed basic income

Nikki Stefanoff, Monday, 9th August 2021 -  “Income security is a basic human need, and basic income is a means to meet that need.”

COSS Corner

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The power and politics of the care economy and rethinking the use of vulnerable

Contributor, Thursday, 5th August 2021 -  All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.
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Big ‘bloody’ survey reveals extent of period poverty in Australia

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 4th August 2021 -  “We expected to see that shame and stigma surrounding periods still exists, but we couldn’t have predicted the sheer number of people who have struggled to afford period products”
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The invisible problem of death on our streets

Nikki Stefanoff, Wednesday, 4th August 2021 -  “What we’re saying is that you can’t change what you don’t measure, and we don’t measure homeless deaths in Australia.” 

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