Disadvantaged families struggling to pay for education essentials
Posted on 13 Jan 2025
The cost-of-living crisis is continuing to negatively impact many families’ ability to educate…
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The stories that mattered to you in 2024
Posted on 17 Dec 2024
It’s been a busy year in the charity and not-for-profit sector.
Charities need support too
Posted on 17 Dec 2024
Charities perform vital work in society, but if we continue to short-change them, we will all…
Christmas comes early for community broadcasting with $27 million funding boost
Posted on 17 Dec 2024
The community broadcasting sector has had two reasons to celebrate in 2024.
Social isolation an unwanted Christmas gift for people with disability
Posted on 17 Dec 2024
For many Australians, the festive season is a time of joy, celebration with family and friends,…
Not-for-profit salary sacrificing is so retro – but not in a cool way
Posted on 16 Dec 2024
Salary sacrificing in the not-for-profit sector proved popular when introduced 38 years ago, but it…
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Time to set some minimum funding standards?
Posted on 04 Dec 2024
Charity can make a difference in people's lives, but it doesn’t come cheap, says Community Council…
Opinion
Let’s not get too clever about what counts as social enterprise
Posted on 10 Dec 2024
Whether your enterprise is a for profit or not-for-profit outfit, ethics matter just the same, says…
People with Purpose: Helping those living with disability to live their best lives
Posted on 27 Aug 2024
There is joy to be had in helping people with disability to achieve and grow, says the CEO of…
People with Purpose: Social enterprise’s work gives us all food for thought
Posted on 21 Aug 2024
Plate It Forward founder Shaun Christie-David turned his back on a career in banking in favour of…
People with Purpose: Championing change to protect consumers
Posted on 13 Aug 2024
Whether it’s highlighting harm from gambling or calling out rising mobile and internet prices amid…
People with Purpose: Giving is all about the magic, not the money
Posted on 06 Aug 2024
Professor Larissa Behrendt AO shares her story of giving as part of the new national She Gives…