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Queensland Elections – Where are the Charitable Policies?

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 20th January 2015 -  The economic and social footprint of charities and the Not for Profit sector seems to have been largely ignored in the Queensland election writes  David Crosbie, CEO, Community…

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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. Lately I have been spending more…

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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. Recently I was sitting at my desk and jumped…

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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…

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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…

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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, …

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Volunteers in Emergency Management

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 13th November 2014 -  What's the relationship between formal and informal volunteers in emergency management asks Adrienne Picone the CEO Volunteering Tasmania. Wednesday 12th  November…

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Charities Left in the Dark Ahead of Busy Christmas Period

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 11th November 2014 -  A significant number of Not for Profit organisations providing key frontline services are heading into the busy festive season fatigued by perpetual uncertainty under the Federal…

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