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The NDIS Has Teething Problems That Must Be Addressed

Rachel Siewert, Wednesday, 24th May 2017 -  Given the National Disability Insurance Scheme has support across the political spectrum there is a reluctance to heavily criticise it despite a parliamentary inquiry which is

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Beyond Savings and Towards Meaning

Lisa Grinham, Tuesday, 23rd May 2017 -  Charities need to reclaim their tax narrative this 30 June, writes Lisa Grinham the CEO of Good2Give. Tax is messy at the best of times. Where it’s spent, what’s exempt, who’s paying?

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Empowering Children to Lead Positive Social Change

Andrea Lemon, Tuesday, 23rd May 2017 -  Children have great capacity to affect the lives of those around them, writes Dr Andrea Lemon, CEO and founding co-director of Kids Thrive. “Before Kids as Catalyst I was just an ordinary

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Diploma-Level Workers Not to Blame for Workplace Stress

Contributor, Monday, 22nd May 2017 -  Having a diversity of workers with a range of qualifications contributes to the success, not the stress, of the sector, writes Australian Community Workers Association CEO Sha Cordingley.

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Why Neutrality Matters for Collective Impact Backbones

Contributor, Thursday, 18th May 2017 -  Genuine neutrality offers substantial benefits for both communities and other stakeholders involved in collective impact, writes David Lilley, senior advisor, community impact

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NDIS: A Plane With No Pilot

Contributor, Wednesday, 17th May 2017 -  The NDIS desperately needs leadership that can show integrity and admit to its problems but instead what we’ve got is a plane with no pilot, write disability consultants Vanessa

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Four Steps to Becoming an Agent of Change

Rabia Siddique, Thursday, 11th May 2017 -  Creating change in our own lives empowers us to explore ways of helping to bring about beneficial change in the lives of others, writes human rights lawyer Rabia Siddique, who will

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Our Peaks are in a Funding Trough

Karen Mahlab AM, Wednesday, 3rd May 2017 -  A voice needs a body… To have an effective sector voice we need an effective and well resourced sector body, writes Pro Bono Australia founder Karen Mahlab in her latest blog. When the…

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NDIS Transport Funding is an Unfortunate Lottery

Tony Jones, Tuesday, 2nd May 2017 -  The lack of consistency in how participants are treated around the country in their use of taxi subsidy schemes makes a mockery of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)…

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Australian Values?  Who Are We kidding?

David Crosbie, Thursday, 27th April 2017 -  Our Australian “values” need to be grounded in the reality of life in Australian communities and not just a list of words we agree to, writes David Crosbie, CEO of the Community Council

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Game-changing Volunteers and Social Businesses

Violet Roumeliotis, Thursday, 27th April 2017 -  Innovation and the efforts of social businesses, volunteers and civil society give hope to achieving a world where all people have the opportunity and the means to achieve their full
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