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The Future of Collective Impact in Australia

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 3rd December 2014 - The Collective Impact approach has gone ‘viral’ according to Collective Impact specialist Kerry Graham as she reflects on a recent trip to a global Summit in Canada.

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Open for Business – Not If You’re a Charity!

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 2nd December 2014 - The message we are told is that ‘Australia is open for business’, but the sector that employs over 1 million Australians is still struggling with pre-federation barriers and red tape, writes the CEO of Community Council for Australia, David Crosb

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Abuse Bigger Than Yooralla. Inquiry – NOW

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 27th November 2014 - The Federal Government is shirking its responsibilities to Australians with disability by denying them a national independent inquiry into abuse in institutions, writes systemic advocate for inclusive practices, systemic advocate for inclusive practi

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A Better Organisation Starts With The Chair

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 25th November 2014 - To reinvigorate and change an organisation it is the chair that can have the most profound influence, writes adviser and researcher Conrad Liveris.

Family Violence Costs Everyone

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 25th November 2014 - Today’s White Ribbon Day, also the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, urges Australians to see the signs and to say that no amount of violence, abuse or bullying is ever OK, writes Senator Claire Moore, Labor’s Shado

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Rebuilding Community – It’s Time NFPs!

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 20th November 2014 - It’s time Not For Profits become more than just service delivery professionals, writes Doug Taylor, CEO, United Way Australia.

G20 Innovation Hub Showcases Social Impact Models

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 19th November 2014 - Social Outcomes teamed up with the Wise Foundation to co-host the G20 Innovation Hub in Brisbane last week, in the lead-up to the G20 Summit - an event designed to support many of the goals set out for the G20, and showcase leading social impact mode

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Backing Up or Carving Out? The Role of Government in Supporting Social Enterprise

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 19th November 2014 - Recognition of the role of social enterprises and intermediaries is needed in Australia to clarify their place in, and importance to Federal policy and the economy more broadly writes Christopher Mason, Senior Research Fellow for the Swinburne Centre

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Future-proof Australia Against Welfare Dependency and Inequality

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 18th November 2014 - Australians should all care about the findings of the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, recently delivered to the Federal Government and due to be tabled soon, because it affects our future prosperity as a n

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Changing Sector Means NFPs Need to Adapt

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 13th November 2014 - Not for Profits will need to adapt to the changing funding environment and the new world of consumer-directed care in order to flourish and survive, writes Senator Mitch Fifield, the Federal Assistant Minister for Social Services.

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Opinion

Open for Business – Not If You’re a Charity!

Abuse Bigger Than Yooralla. Inquiry – NOW

A Better Organisation Starts With The Chair

Family Violence Costs Everyone

Rebuilding Community – It’s Time NFPs!

Future-proof Australia Against Welfare Dependency and Inequality

Changing Sector Means NFPs Need to Adapt

We’re not your average jobs board