Digital divideIn the digital era, whose voices are being heard?” was the question raised by the third annual Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay Competition. In Goodbye digital divide,… Read More
SIBs - UK in reviewIn Social impact investments: Challengers & opportunities for charities, Dr Oonagh Breen, notes that with 32 SIBs, UK is the world leader however it only… Read More
Public Trust and Competition: The UK experienceDr Diana Leat notes that scandals in the charity world are not new but recent cases in the UK don’t fit the usual pattern. Scandals are… Read More
NEW Draft NSW Associations Incorporation Regulation 2016The NSW Government has released a draft regulation to update association processes and support amendments to the Associations Incorporation Act passed by the NSW Parliament… Read More
FREE legal help for your community organisationAre you spending time you don’t have dealing with your organisation’s legal, compliance and governance issues instead of the important work of helping your community?… Read More
Celebrating CooperativesThis week we celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives, a day where we acknowledge the contribution that cooperatives and mutuals have made to our society… Read More
Wellbeing in rural and regional AustraliaDespite the growing recognition that wellbeing is as important as economic factors when measuring societal progress, there is only limited data on wellbeing, particularly in… Read More
NSW Charter for Public ParticipationThe OECD describes open government as, “The transparency of government actions, the accessibility of government services and information, and the responsiveness of government to new… Read More
Focussing on workplace wellnessLegal firms are not usually the obvious source of (non-legal) information on wellness in the workplace but Improving Wellness In The Workplace - Think Holistically… Read More
The Public Sector - where will it be in 10 years?This speech by Chris Eccles focuses on Victoria but is relevant to NSW. He began by citing how, in the 1940s, public policy using an… Read More
Reality and evidence-based policy developmentIn Why we accept travesties of 'evidence-based' policymaking, Nicholas Gruen looks at the relationship between evidence-based policy and reality. “Of course we want government activities… Read More
More on measuring outcomesManaging to outcomes: what, why and how? from Social Ventures Australia explores the value of measuring outcomes in terms of growing funding improving people’s lives,… Read More