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Drama, Leadership and Real Politics

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 3rd February 2015 - David Crosbie, CEO of the Community Council for Australia (CCA), reflects on what the shock electoral result in Queensland and current speculation about national political leadership might mean for the Australian Not for Profit sector.

The Voice of the Disability Community Stifled in One Fell Swoop

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 29th January 2015 - The Federal Department for Social Services approach to funding peak disability bodies discriminates between one type of disability experience and another and results in the “undignified spectacle” of competition for funding, according to Robbi Wi

Delivering Early Wins to Support Impact Investing

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 27th January 2015 - There are some simple and inexpensive policy changes which can help grow impact investing in Australia, and the re-establishment of the Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership provides a unique opportunity to deliver them, writes Krystian Sei

Collaborating on Payment-By-Outcome Projects

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 17th December 2014 - A two day forum exploring payment-by-outcome projects, focusing on the social causes of re-offending in Queensland, delivered some challenging but innovative approaches to addressing them, writes Sandy Blackburn-Wright, Managing Director of Social Ou

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Importance of Practical Innovation in Disability Services

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 17th December 2014 - Celia Hodson, CEO of the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) Australia reviews the out-takes of a recent panel discussion outlining the key challenges faced during the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Opinion

Saving Lives from Haiyan to Hagupit

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th December 2014 - Did the humanitarian community do anything that potentially saved lives between Typhoon Haiyan twelve months ago and Typhoon Hagupit in the Philippines at the weekend, asks Peter Walton, Head of International Programs at the Australian Red Cross.

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I Want to Shout from the Rooftops – Stella Young has Died

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 11th December 2014 - Regular contributor on disability issues Tricia Malowney writes she was as stunned as everyone when cricketer Phil Hughes died. But now she says she wants to shout from the rooftops: “STELLA YOUNG HAS DIED”.

The Role of Business in Enhancing Peace and Reducing Violence

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 3rd December 2014 - While business has always assumed that peaceful conditions foster trade and industry, the idea that business could and should actively promote peace - as an extension of its social responsibility - is new and important, writes Associate Professor Deb

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Opinion

Drama, Leadership and Real Politics

The Voice of the Disability Community Stifled in One Fell Swoop

Saving Lives from Haiyan to Hagupit

I Want to Shout from the Rooftops – Stella Young has Died

We’re not your average jobs board