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Five tips for not for profits to leverage the next budget cycle

Jo Scard, Thursday, 17th October 2019 - Jo Scard shares some advice on how to cut through with key decision makers. Federal budget time is a key opportunity for not for profits to lobby for funding or build support for a broader…

Lessons from the banking royal commission for the NFP sector

Contributor, Tuesday, 11th June 2019 - The findings from the Hayne Report have something for all organisations to learn from, writes Nick Walker from HLB Mann Judd Melbourne. By now, most people are aware that Commissioner…

How good is New Zealand’s budget?

David Crosbie, Thursday, 6th June 2019 - New Zealand has shown how government can shift from previous budget practices to focus more on measures that reflect the reality of people’s lives, writes Community Council for Australia…

A fairer tax system?

Joe Zabar, Tuesday, 4th June 2019 - However you look at it, $158 billion in forgone revenue from the government’s ambitious tax cut program will impact the government’s capacity to meet the needs of Australians, writes…

New Zealand’s ‘well-being budget’: How it hopes to improve people’s lives

Contributor, Monday, 3rd June 2019 - Christoph Schumacher, professor of innovation and economics at Massey University, looks at whether the latest New Zealand budget earns the government’s well-being title, in this…

Budgeting for evaluation – tips for applicants

Squirrel Main, Thursday, 11th April 2019 - Tired of reading the same mistakes at the end of grant applications, Dr Squirrel Main offers grant writers her advice on evaluation budgets within a grant budget. Most days I love my…

Repeated failure to support people on the lowest incomes

Cassandra Goldie, Thursday, 11th April 2019 - This year’s federal budget was an extreme disappointment, writes Cassandra Goldie, CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service, ahead of their upcoming post-budget breakfast.…

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A cynical exercise in vote buying, or blue sky thinking?

Kasy Chambers, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 - On either reading, the federal budget has been disappointing, writes Anglicare Australia executive director Kasy Chambers. The announcement of the federal election is expected…

A look at the 2019 Budget

Andrew Cairns, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 - Andrew Cairns from Community Sector Banking runs through his main takeaways from this year’s federal budget and questions how many everyday Australians will feel the relief from…

Foreign aid ‘treated like an ATM’

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 - Australia’s humanitarian organisations have been left dismayed after Australian aid was cut for the sixth year in a row, despite the federal budget touting a forecast return…

Budget 2019/20 at a glance

Contributor, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 - The 2019/20 budget may be back in black, but the social sector says it is a lost opportunity. Take a look at Pro Bono News’ infographic for a glimpse of what it all means for the social sector…

Back in black… but a missed opportunity?

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 - The budget is back in black, according to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg who delivered his first budget on Tuesday. But the social sector has lashed out that it was a lost opportunity to …

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