It's time for less spending and more giving

It's time for less spending and more giving

It used to be so simple - your neighbourhood was your village, that tiny clear patch in the wilderness where people knew your name, your family and...

Chip in to make life better on a Tuesday

When it comes to giving, I was a slow starter. My first involvement with philanthropy came at the age of eight, when I broke into the Project...

Chip in to make life better on a Tuesday

When it comes to giving, I was a slow starter. My first involvement with philanthropy came at the age of eight, when I broke into the Project...

Ignoring the data is an invitation to disaster

Evaluating good works is a tough ask, because there are a lot of different ways to make people's lives better and it's not easy to reduce them to a...

Ignoring the data is an invitation to disaster

Evaluating good works is a tough ask, because there are a lot of different ways to make people's lives better and it's not easy to reduce them to a...

What's the Catholic Church teaching us about love?

Australia has a vibrant civil society, bubbling with energy and fuelled by diversity. In general, our schools recognise this, drawing on that energy...

What's the Catholic Church teaching us about love?

Australia has a vibrant civil society, bubbling with energy and fuelled by diversity. In general, our schools recognise this, drawing on that energy...

Uluru Statement: It's time for our government to show a bit of heart

The Uluru Statement from the Heart is 417 words long. That's 2668 characters, or nine tweets. Reading it takes only a couple of minutes (you can find...

Uluru Statement: It's time for our government to show a bit of heart

The Uluru Statement from the Heart is 417 words long. That's 2668 characters, or nine tweets. Reading it takes only a couple of minutes (you can find...

Why battling homelessness is worth gamble

Homelessness is a national problem that's rapidly compounding. A recent study found that it is up by more than 20 per cent since 2001. And it's...

Why battling homelessness is worth gamble

Homelessness is a national problem that's rapidly compounding. A recent study found that it is up by more than 20 per cent since 2001. And it's...

After election, life and advocacy must go on

Any government, of any complexion, will have reservations about calls for change from not-for-profits. The thing about change is that it hasn't...

After election, life and advocacy must go on

Any government, of any complexion, will have reservations about calls for change from not-for-profits. The thing about change is that it hasn't...

Charities can't afford to gamble on pokies

The RSL was born between the great wars when the ebbing tide of national purpose exposed the human wreckage left behind. It provided a meeting place...

Charities can't afford to gamble on pokies

The RSL was born between the great wars when the ebbing tide of national purpose exposed the human wreckage left behind. It provided a meeting place...

The kids teaching us the power of protest

Any Australian child born after the turn of the millennium has a good chance of living into the next century, which gives them a time horizon about 25...

Work–life balance pulls in three directions

An unobtrusive monument in downtown Melbourne – an obelisk topped by a globe over the numbers 888 in brass – commemorates attempts by 19th-century...

Rewarded for doing job? It's un-Australian

There are certain fine traditions associated with Australia Day, and one of the oldest of them is that I complain bitterly about the...

Year ahead offers rising sense of optimism

It’s always a job getting started after the break. Australians are experts at switching off. Sand and sunburn cream and white wine in the sun -...

Stop blaming politicians, start getting active

Sometimes, making ripples can start a wave. Having worked most of my professional life with community organisations, I know that’s where real change...

Make connections with your community

Are you part of a community group? You should be. Your life could depend on it. There are a few things that have got me thinking recently about the...

Culture is the key to good communities

Like people, words have their good times and their bad times. This is a very bad year for the word “culture”, largely due to the Banking Royal...