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The World of Business is Changing

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - The worlds of marketing and business have changed, says James Meldrum, Founder of Wholekids, Australia’s first food B-Corporation, who looks at how to take control of an organisation’s brand during this evolving time.

A National Campaign Could Help the Business Case for Giving

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 17th June 2014 - The re-establishment of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership program could be the ideal chance to initiate a cultural change in attitudes to giving, writes Philanthropy Australia Policy and Research Manager Krystian Seibert.

Most Vulnerable At Risk of Being Left Behind

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 17th June 2014 - Sector reform and its impact on disadvantaged community members was on the agenda at a recent symposium attended by more than 20 faith-based organisations, writes Julie Edwards, CEO of Jesuit Social Services.

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Pensions Haven’t Escaped the Budget Glare

Rachel Siewert, Wednesday, 11th June 2014 - The Federal Government’s approach and ideology to income support is at odds with the spirit in which the system first began more than a century ago, writes Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert.

How Fair Will Civil Society Be?

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 11th June 2014 - Surely a Government that speaks of “strengthening civil society” will want to avert some of the consequences of its singular focus on achieving budget surpluses, questions Catherine Yeomans, the CEO of Christian welfare Not for Profit Mission Aus

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Wake Up Call on Literacy and Numeracy

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 5th June 2014 - Fourteen per cent of Australians won’t understand what’s written here and 22 per cent will struggle with the numbers that are quoted, warns Fiona Guthrie, Executive Director of Financial Counselling Australia.

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The Future of CSR and the War of Words

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 4th June 2014 - Disputes over the meaning of CSR continue to rage, yet three key questions can be used to define approaches to the field, writes international CSR scholar Duane Windsor.

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Memo to Scott Morrison: Why Taxpayers Should Fund Advocacy

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd June 2014 - The Australian Government's current view on advocacy is dangerous to democracy and to civil society, writes Dr Joyce Chia, Senior Research Associate at the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW.

Where Are the Children’s Voices?

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 29th May 2014 - It’s Australian children who will feel the brunt of the Federal Budget decisions on student fees, Newstart and Youth Allowance - but will they get the chance to express their opinions and views on these policy changes, asks childhood advocate and r

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Ducks, Elephants, the ACNC and the Senate

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 27th May 2014 - Is the outcome of the Senate inquiry into the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Repeal) (No 1) Bill 2014 just a foregone conclusion, asks Professor Ann O’Connell, from the Not-for-profit Project, Melbourne Law School who listened

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Opinion

A National Campaign Could Help the Business Case for Giving

Pensions Haven’t Escaped the Budget Glare

Wake Up Call on Literacy and Numeracy

Memo to Scott Morrison: Why Taxpayers Should Fund Advocacy

Ducks, Elephants, the ACNC and the Senate

We’re not your average jobs board