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New $280m social purpose fund

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Wednesday, 7th December 2022 -  A new private credit fund will provide grants of $10 to $20 million to early stage for-purpose organisations. A new philanthropy-backed private credit fund and social purpose portfolio…

Australia’s first COVID-19 review calls on social sector to play bigger role

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Thursday, 20th October 2022 -  The first independent investigation into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic calls for an apolitical, trusted voice on public health. The first independent review of…

Greater action needed on Indigenous employment: report

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 30th May 2022 -  A new report has revealed shocking facts about Indigenous employment in Australia – but it also maps the path forward. Racism remains an all-too-common experience for the nation’s…

Close the data gap

Shelley Cable, Thursday, 18th March 2021 -  If we really want to drive change, especially in an area as nuanced as Indigenous employment, we need data, writes Shelley Cable, CEO of Generation One. What if I told you that no one …

Philanthropic giant steps up for bushfire crisis

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 9th January 2020 -  The lionshare of the donation will be spent on a plan to mitigate the future threat of bushfires     Western Australian mining billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest and his wife Nicola…

Philanthropy powerhouses go public with donation to save WA reefs

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 27th May 2019 -  Andrew and Nicola Forrest have revealed they were behind an anonymous multi-million dollar pledge, in a bid to raise awareness of a project aiming to restore the country’s most threatened…

Forrests set Australian donation record… again

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 7th May 2019 -  Australian philanthropists Andrew and Nicola Forrest hope a record $655 million donation to their Minderoo Foundation will help inspire a culture of philanthropy in the Asia-Pacific…

$100M Philanthropic Collaboration to Beat Brain Cancer

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 1st November 2017 -  Australia is set to lead the world with a $100 million “mission” to beat brain cancer, double survival rates in 10 years, and improve patients’ quality of life, thanks to a philanthropic…

Government’s Cashless Debit Card Trials to be Extended

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 14th March 2017 -  The federal government is to extend the use of the controversial cashless debit card in trial sites in Ceduna in South Australia and East Kimberley in Western Australia despite community…

Changemaker

A Vision for Change

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 2nd March 2015 -  The biggest philanthropist in Australia, mining magnate Andrew Forrest, shares his views on the future of giving, the media, Australia’s tall poppy syndrome and religion…

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