Grief service in funding battle for survival
Posted on 19 Mar 2025
A national grief counselling service has won a short-term reprieve after a furious backlash against…
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Report highlights the human cost of funding failures
Posted on 19 Mar 2025
A landmark report has revealed the widening gap between the cost of delivering desperately needed…
Australia has promised to end domestic violence within a generation. Jess Hill asks: are our strategies working?
Posted on 18 Mar 2025
At last year’s conference marking the 50th anniversary of Elsie, Australia’s first feminist refuge,…
Sector hands Canberra federal Budget ‘To do’ list
Posted on 18 Mar 2025
The Albanese government kept the nation guessing for weeks before finally confirming the federal…
Canberra cash splurge for social ventures
Posted on 13 Mar 2025
Social enterprise advocates have welcomed a $1.2 million federal government cash injection for the…
Podcast: Big tech put on notice over child safety
Posted on 13 Mar 2025
A robust and broad-based children’s online privacy code is essential to protect young Australians…
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Icebergs ahead: The charity sector is becoming unsustainable
Posted on 12 Jun 2024
The sobering statistics outlined in the latest Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission…
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The sector must step up its advocacy, because doing good work isn’t enough
Posted on 26 Aug 2025
There is no Department of Charities in the federal government, no red book, no blue book for an…
Capturing a nation’s soul through art
Posted on 07 Jun 2023
The talents of graphic artist Debbie Wood helped bring to life the theme of the 2023 Communities in…
Seven ways to make your organisation a digital dynamo
Posted on 03 Jun 2023
Not-for-profit organisations must digitally transform if they are to effectively meet the needs of…
Community conference embarks on search for the soul of the nation
Posted on 01 Jun 2023
Thought provoking conversations sparked by big ideas defined the 2023 Communities in Control…