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Why Fundraising Laws Need Urgent Reform

Contributor, Wednesday, 30th August 2017 -  Australia’s outdated fundraising laws can be addressed by “tweaking” the Australian Consumer Law regulations, writes lawyer Andrew Lind. Many of us who work in the charity and not-for-profit

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Talking About Being Decent to Each Other – Paths to a UBI

Tim Hollo, Tuesday, 29th August 2017 -  The Green Institute executive director Tim Hollo, who attended the recent forum on Paths to Implementing a Universal Basic Income, reflects on what a UBI might look like and how to

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Volunteering and the ‘Non-Ongoing Funding’ Caveat

Alison Lai, Monday, 21st August 2017 -  The not-for-profit sector has a job to do to convince the federal government to put funding for volunteering towards the top of its long-term priority list and not on the bottom, despite

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The Forgotten People

David Crosbie, Thursday, 17th August 2017 -  There is much our current leaders could learn from the views of Australia’s longest serving prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies about how to make Australia a better place, writes Community

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Downside of Linear Thinking and Why We Need to Embrace Failure

Vu Le, Monday, 7th August 2017 -  The not-for-profit sector’s penchant for linear thinking oversimplifies the problems we are trying to solve, and are, in fact, worsening and perpetuating them, writes Vu Le, the

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Good Governance in the Not-for-profit Sector is Paramount

Elizabeth Proust, Monday, 7th August 2017 -  Reports of poor practice in the charity sector often stem from poor governance and can damage trust and lead to disproportionate responses, writes Elizabeth Proust AO, chairman…

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Making Education Our Business

David Crosbie, Thursday, 3rd August 2017 -  If we want stronger communities, a more prosperous, productive and happier Australia, inclusive education must be a higher priority, writes David Crosbie CEO of Community Council

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Which Bank? – Bring It On Mr Treasurer

Graeme Innes, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  The roll out of a new electronic funds transfer (EFTPOS) machine by the Commonwealth bank is eroding the long-fought battle for independence of hundreds of thousands of vision impaired

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There’s Far More To The Fair Go Than Just Economics

Eva Cox, Tuesday, 1st August 2017 -  Australia needs to consider whether values are the basis of our beliefs about inequality, writes Eva Cox Professorial Fellow University of Technology Sydney in this article first

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Scheme Needed to Encourage Super Funds into Long Term Rental Housing

Robert Pradolin, Tuesday, 1st August 2017 -  Australia needs a new rental affordability scheme, specifically targeting its institutional funds, that closes the current viability gap, and creates a new residential rental
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