The answer to tough economic times is collective action
Posted on 04 Nov 2026
I watched an angry man on the TV news. “Australia is stuffed, going backwards,” he said. “No one is…
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Human rights advocate urges Australia to adopt National Anti-Racism Framework to drive social cohesion
Posted on 04 Nov 2026
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Community sector must contribute to migration debate
Posted on 04 Nov 2026
A leading advocate and service provider for new arrivals in Australia has urged the nation’s…
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Posted on 04 Nov 2026
As the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute prepared to release its annual social cohesion report…
Australia has an anger problem. Here’s what we can do about it
Posted on 28 Oct 2026
Altering Australia’s path from anger and potential violence needs more than asking one another to…
Pushing back against the compliance machine
Posted on 28 Oct 2026
Are compliance processes crowding out the boardroom conversations that really matter? The…
Meet the woman who stumbled into a community housing job and found her home
Posted on 28 Oct 2026
Almost 25 years after taking a receptionist's job to get her foot in the door of the not-for-profit…
Migrant advocate tackles tough topics in this week’s Not-for-profit Agenda
Posted on 28 Oct 2026
Violet Roumeliotis, the chief executive of Australia’s biggest migrant support organisation, will…
Fence-sitting isn’t going to work if we want better owners corporations
Posted on 21 Oct 2026
The wider not-for-profit sector doesn't pay much attention to owners corporations, but maybe it…
Billion-dollar community funding pool is making a difference
Posted on 21 Oct 2026
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National campaign to save Ask Izzy gathers signatures and momentum
Posted on 21 Oct 2026
A national campaign to restore federal funding for Ask Izzy has attracted such strong grassroots…
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