This week's changemaker

Changing the Way We Think About Giving

Changing the Way We Think About Giving

This week's PBA Changemaker is Grace Adams, Chief Executive Officer of Effective Altruism Australia. Grace has dedicated her career to exploring one deceptively simple question: how can we do the m...
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Changing the Way We Think About Giving

Changing the Way We Think About Giving

This week's PBA Changemaker is Grace Adams, Chief Executive Officer of Effective Altruism Austral...

On a Mission to Transform Leadership

On a Mission to Transform Leadership

This weeks PBA Change Maker is Amanda Anderson. Amanda is a leadership speaker and behavioural pa...

The Long Road to HoMie for Steph

The Long Road to HoMie for Steph

This weeks PBA Change Maker is Steph Say. Steph is the Chief Executive Officer of HoMie, one of A...

From Southwest Sydney to the World Stage

From Southwest Sydney to the World Stage

This weeks PBA Change Maker is Janice Rodrigues, Australia’s 2026 Youth Representative to the Uni...

Rewriting The Pathways for young people

Rewriting The Pathways for young people

This weeks PBA Change Maker is Trent Miller, a Social Impact Leader and Advocate for Inclusive Le...

Building Systems That Don’t Exclude

Building Systems That Don’t Exclude

This weeks PBA Change Maker is Michelle Wong (AKA Wongy), the Chief Disruptor and Chair of Disrup...

Designing Dignity Into the Business Details

Designing Dignity Into the Business Details

This weeks PBA Change Maker is a little different, we're profiling a couple! Talitha Becker and S...

Building Toward a More Just and Peaceful World

Building Toward a More Just and Peaceful World

This weeks PBA Change Maker is Andrew Hassett, the CEO of Act for Peace. Andrew leads Act for Pea...

Challenging Power Through Law, Human Rights and Persistence

Challenging Power Through Law, Human Rights and Persistence

This weeks PBA Change Maker is Rayana Ajam, a Media Associate at Amnesty International Australia ...

Building the systems we need for a changing world

Building the systems we need for a changing world

Kaj Löfgren is the CEO of Regen Melbourne, a platform for ambitious collaboration in service of G...

Building a fairer future for all through human rights law

Building a fairer future for all through human rights law

Freya Dinshaw works at the forefront of the corporate accountability movement in Australia, and h...

Driving Policy Change For Now And For What's Next

Driving Policy Change For Now And For What's Next

This weeks Pro Bono Australia Change Maker is Andrew Hudson, CEO of the Centre for Policy Develop...

Changing Lives With Assistance Dogs

Changing Lives With Assistance Dogs

This weeks Pro Bono Australia change maker, Tim Taylor has over 20 years of leadership experience...

Leadership grounded in culture

Leadership grounded in culture

This weeks Pro Bono Australia change maker is Evelyn Schaber, an Arrernte woman from Central Aust...

Batting for Change

Batting for Change

Ryan Carters is a dad of three and Founder of Dadfit, a charity supporting fathers to enable heal...

Rethinking oral health: A prevention first approach

Rethinking oral health: A prevention first approach

Dr Alexandra Jones is the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Friends of Really Excellent Dentistry. Al...

Leading Like a Father: Bringing Care and Accountability to the Social Sector

Leading Like a Father: Bringing Care and Accountability to the Social Sector

Mark Jeffery is a senior executive, author, and leadership practitioner working acrossthe Austral...

Pushing For Mental And Social Health

Pushing For Mental And Social Health

This weeks PBA changemaker is Nicole Cikarela. Cikarela has recently been announced as new chief ...

Providing camps and outdoor experiences for kids, teens, and adults living with disability

Providing camps and outdoor experiences for kids, teens, and adults living with disability

This weeks PBA Changemaker is Peter McDougall, who joined the Australian Camps Association (ACA) ...

Carrying the momentum forward for Arthritis

Carrying the momentum forward for Arthritis

This weeks PBA Changemaker, Michelle Devoy is the Chief Executive Officer of The Arthritis Moveme...

Rewriting the Script. Building What’s Next For Survivors

Rewriting the Script. Building What’s Next For Survivors

Donna Lyon, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and the founder and CEO...

Empowering Students and Strengthening Schools

Empowering Students and Strengthening Schools

With a career spanning nearly four decades, Lee Casuscelli has made a significant impact across v...

Creating Better, Youth Centred Co-Design

Creating Better, Youth Centred Co-Design

This weeks PBA change maker is Roya Azadi of YLAB, read on for our interview with her!

Giving The Gift Of Mindfulness To Manifest Success

Giving The Gift Of Mindfulness To Manifest Success

This weeks PBA Change Maker is lawyer, Hilton Misso. Read on for your interview with him!

Opening Eyes Of Hope

Opening Eyes Of Hope

Marc Eskander has worked as an Optometrist for 8 years and currently completing his medical train...

Seeding Investment with Purpose

Seeding Investment with Purpose

Chuck Berger is the Executive Director – Investment at Impact Seed, a Perth-based social enterpri...

Baking For Good

Baking For Good

Eva Rabanal is the Chief Executive Officer of The Bread & Butter Project, Australia’s first s...

Setting the Stage for Young Aussie Voices

Setting the Stage for Young Aussie Voices

Kate Duncan is the CEO of The Push, Australia’s leading youth music organisation. Since stepping ...

Running The Movement Against Violence

Running The Movement Against Violence

Kirrily Dear is a seasoned strategist and innovator dedicated to the primary prevention of domest...

Rethinking The Ways We Give, Five Bucks At a time

Rethinking The Ways We Give, Five Bucks At a time

Brianna Kerr is a social entrepreneur and sustainability leader. She holds part-time positions at...

Building A Digital Presence For Good

Building A Digital Presence For Good

Jay Tonai-Moore is a West Australian university student working with Sites4Good to build websites...

Helping kids with hearing loss learn how to listen and speak

Helping kids with hearing loss learn how to listen and speak

Dr. Aleisha Davis is CEO at The Shepherd Centre, she is also a Certified Listening and Spoken Lan...

Preventing Harm with Practical Training and Building Lasting Psychological Safety

Preventing Harm with Practical Training and Building Lasting Psychological Safety

Eleonora Bertsa-Fuchs is the founder of Let’s Talk About X, where she is the driving force behind...

Leading with lived experience

Leading with lived experience

Stephanie Agnew is a passionate HR professional and Consultant, specialising in disability inclu...

Prevention, Advocacy, and Growing The Power of Youth Voices

Prevention, Advocacy, and Growing The Power of Youth Voices

Growing Food For Thought

Growing Food For Thought

Rob Rees is a renowned social entrepreneur, former award-winning chef, and long-time advocate fo...

Shaping a Better Future for Vulnerable Families

Shaping a Better Future for Vulnerable Families

Deb Tsorbaris is the CEO of the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, a role she has...

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A Pioneer For Climate Justice

This weeks Pro Bono Australia Change Maker is Amanda McKenzie, a leading Australian climate advoc...

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Bridging Divides To Lead The Charge For Racial Justice

This weeks Pro Bono Australia change maker is a Noura Mansour, a Palestinian educator, political ...

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Refusing to let anyone suffer in silence

With eating disorders now affecting over 1.1 million Australians and carrying the highest mortali...

Making sure care isn't overcomplicated

Making sure care isn't overcomplicated

Brad Kearns brings a diverse and mission-driven background to the role of CEO at Find a Carer, w...

Providing support when it’s needed most

Providing support when it’s needed most

Felicia Welstead works as a Chief Executive Officer at Life's Little Treasures Foundation, which...

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Driving economic policymaking that works for all generations

This weeks Pro Bono Australia change maker is Jane Body, the General Manager at intergenerational...

Making sure care isn't overcomplicated

Making sure care isn't overcomplicated

Brad˜Kearns brings a diverse and mission-driven background to the role of CEO at Find a Carer, wi...

Building a Safer Online World for Kids

Building a Safer Online World for Kids

Colm Gannon is a seasoned professional with extensive expertise in digital safety, cybercrime inv...

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Reimagining Safety and Security for Single Mothers

Terese Edwards has been a leading advocate for single mother families since 2009 when she was app...

Transforming Mental Health Support for Young People

Transforming Mental Health Support for Young People

This weeks Pro Bono Australia change maker is Rose Cuff, CEO and co-founder of the Satellite Foun...

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A Human-Centred Path to Innovation

As a motivated changemaker with a strong strategic, human-centered design and innovation skillset...

Guiding organisations, people and communities to better alleviate disadvantage

Guiding organisations, people and communities to better alleviate disadvantage

This weeks Pro Bono Australia change maker, James Toomey, has a strong track record of leading an...

Sewing the seeds of SA Philanthropy

Sewing the seeds of SA Philanthropy

With more than 15 years of executive experience across the USA and Australia, Kay Burton is passi...