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Samantha Freestone is a career reporter with a special interest in Indo-Pacific geopolitics, sustainable financial market reporting and politics.

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Sexual assault in aged care tackled with Ready to Listen campaign

Samantha Freestone, Wednesday, 8th June 2022 -  The Older Persons Advocacy Network has launched a new campaign to increase awareness of sexual assault in the aged care sector.

Advocates call on new government to adopt human rights charter

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 6th June 2022 -  The Albanese government has promised to review the implementation of a national human rights charter. The Human Rights Law Centre is now campaigning to hold the government to its word, hot on the heels of a new report.

Rebuilding after the fires: the role of entrepreneurship

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 30th May 2022 -  Community-led solutions was one of four key topics explored at the SEWF 2022 Policy Forum which took place last week, kicking off an annual programme of events. 

BlueRock launches Be BlueRock Foundation

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 30th May 2022 -  Melbourne-based advisory firm BlueRock is set to officially launch the philanthropic arm of its company, the Be BlueRock Foundation.

World-first Global Period Poverty forum to launch in Brisbane

Samantha Freestone, Thursday, 26th May 2022 -  Period poverty was a little known issue in Australia until Share the Dignity founder Rochelle Courtenay raised its profile. Now she's going global.

Social enterprise sector commits to shared vision

Samantha Freestone, Tuesday, 5th April 2022 -  The Australian social enterprise sector has set a course for a national strategy to navigate the challenges of coming years.

B Lab slap moratorium on B Corps in Russia and Belarus

Samantha Freestone, Thursday, 31st March 2022 -  Global not for profit network B Lab has halted certification of B Corp status on all businesses in Russia, and its ally Belarus, in response to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Making for-purpose business, business as usual – Part three

Analysis

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 6th December 2021 -  In the third of a four part series, Tara Anderson and Andrew Curtis of The Dragonfly Collective encourage you to think about who your customers are and what you offer them.

They said it would never catch on – but social enterprise is here to stay

Opinion

Samantha Freestone, Tuesday, 30th November 2021 -  Tara Anderson and Bella Borello from Social Traders explain why now is the time to raise the curtain on social enterprise and show the world that business for good can, and should, be business as usual.

New eBay program to connect 29 million UK shoppers with social enterprises

Samantha Freestone, Wednesday, 3rd March 2021 -  “We believe that business can be a force for positive change and social enterprises are the living and breathing example of how this can be achieved.”

A professional and personal path to success

Spotlight

Samantha Freestone, Wednesday, 4th November 2020 -  Muru Office Supplies isn’t just providing some of Australia’s largest corporates with stationary, it’s forging a path for a successful Indigenous-owned business sector that empowers disadvantaged communities, writes Maggie Coggan in this month’s Spotlight on social enterprise. 
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