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What can collective impact offer? Part one: the challenge

Tara Anderson, Monday, 2nd September 2019 -  The most entrenched social challenges of our times will only be solved when people and organisations work together – across sectors, across borders and across cultures (local and

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Religious Discrimination Bill is a mess that risks privileging people of faith above all others

Contributor, Monday, 2nd September 2019 -  The idea behind the Religious Discrimination Bill is a good one, but the draft goes too far, write Liam Elphick and Alice Taylor, in this article first published in The Conversation.

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Charities are critical to Australia’s future prosperity

David Crosbie, Thursday, 29th August 2019 -  This week a new report and a respected senior public servant have both highlighted that social inclusion is a key to future growth in prosperity in Australia. Social inclusion is not

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Amazon fires expose the weakness of government and the power of philanthropy

Krystian Seibert, Thursday, 29th August 2019 -  World leaders are caught in a spat over money while philanthropy is starting to flow, showing how philanthropy can be nimble and responsive where government has failed and why being

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Failing brings new opportunities

Mike Davis, Tuesday, 27th August 2019 -  Mike Davis reflects on the lessons he learnt from his experience failing with Purposeful and the difference between failing and failure. At first glance, you might think does he mean

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Is an ecosystem-based approach the future of funding social enterprise?

Jay Boolkin, Thursday, 22nd August 2019 -  It’s often discussed that funding the social enterprise ecosystem is important to help all social enterprises thrive – but what exactly is this ecosystem, and why and how should we

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Yes, GetUp fights for progressive causes, but it is not a political party – and is not beholden to one

Krystian Seibert, Thursday, 22nd August 2019 -  With GetUp once again in the government’s firing line Krystian Seibert looks at why the government is keen to strip the campaigning group of its independence, and why this might not

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Improving the finance sector for all Australians

Contributor, Wednesday, 21st August 2019 -  Trust in our financial services has been shaken by scandals, but in a new white paper, FinFuture, researchers show how the system can be reformed to put financial wellbeing front and

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Retooling to win in the next decade

Janet Sernack, Tuesday, 20th August 2019 -  Organisations will need to continue evolving and embracing new technologies to stay ahead, write Janet Sernack and Gabrielle Martinovich from ImagineNation, in the final part

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When the weather means more than record temperatures and sunscreen

Esther Abram, Monday, 19th August 2019 -  We need to start talking about climate change in all aspects of our lives, writes Esther Abram, green giving manager at the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network. Complaining

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Hoping for a bureaucratic miracle? Don’t hold your breath

David Crosbie, Thursday, 15th August 2019 -  The Consumer Affairs Forum is not a group that is likely to drive significant change in fundraising regulation across Australia, writes Community Council for Australia CEO David

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The cooperative resurgence

Contributor, Tuesday, 13th August 2019 -  Cooperatives are an innovative, resilient and social-minded business model, but few Australians are aware, writes Sidsel Grimstad from the University of Newcastle. Globally
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