After the fires, the floods and the media, local attention turns to the long term
Posted on 28 Jan 2026
The headlines don’t last long. The fire roars, the news is dominated by images of smouldering car…
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Minister flags more philanthropic funding and new legislation to help sector in 2026
Posted on 28 Jan 2026
Charities Minister Andrew Leigh says he expects to see more demand than ever for the work of…
William Tilmouth wins Australia’s highest human rights award and condemns continuing Indigenous policies
Posted on 17 Dec 2025
The founding chair of the ambitious systems-change not-for-profit organisation Children’s Ground,…
All we want for Christmas is a roof over our heads: homeless Australians
Posted on 17 Dec 2025
As we head into the holiday period, the number of Australians battling homelessness has hit crisis…
2025 recapped: the hits, the heated debates and the heroes
Posted on 17 Dec 2025
For this final Community Advocate edition of the year, we reviewed a whole year’s worth of stories…
Corporate ‘donations’: all sizzle and no sausage?
Posted on 10 Dec 2025
The Australia Institute has called on the federal government to force Australian businesses to be…
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Ten NFP marketing mistakes I’ve made (and why I wrote a book)
Posted on 26 May 2025
Marketing consultant Matt Romania made of plenty of mistakes over 15 years spent volunteering and…
Opinion
Defining ‘intelligence’ and ‘disability’ is like chasing smoke with a net
Posted on 20 May 2026
It is not really a surprise that we have trouble getting our heads around what the rise of…
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People with Purpose: Flush with success
Posted on 27 May 2025
Yarn’n founder and CEO Lane Stockton uses his indigenous themed toilet paper as a canvas to share…
People with Purpose: Sign me up!
Posted on 19 May 2025
With National Volunteer Week (May 19-25) in full swing, self-described ‘mega volunteer’ Marian…
People with Purpose: Community Directors graduate is up for the fight against MND
Posted on 14 May 2025
Having done the hard yards at food relief charity Foodbank, former top-rating radio host Matt…
People with Purpose: Ready, willing, and able
Posted on 12 May 2025
Good Things Australia Foundation and Down Syndrome Australia digital champion Alanna Julian had a…