Community Sector

NCOSS welcomed the appointment of three new discrimination commissioners last week. It was particularly pleasing to see the position of Disability Discrimination Commissioner reinstated after… Read More

The ACNC has released a draft Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement: Public Benevolent Institution for public consultation. The statement provides guidance to ACNC staff, charities and the… Read More

This article from the California Heath Care Foundation explains how it managed to spark statewide change in the health sector by “showing” data it had… Read More

Professional governance association, the Governance Institute of Australia, has developed a free, risk management handbook for board directors. Risk management has emerged as a critical… Read More

This report provides an in-depth report into the Australian charity and not-for-profit ('for-purpose' sector). It explores the evolution of the sector over 20 years; the… Read More

Koda has developed a paper to support non-profit boards responding a rapidly changing environment as they face a future that looks nothing like the past.… Read More

Report from NCOSS Deputy CEO, John Mikelsons One of the critical parts of how NCOSS contributes to national debates on how we end poverty here… Read More

The City of Sydney Council has released a draft Social Sustainability Policy and Discussion Paper.  Based on considerable research including their own wellbeing surveys, it… Read More

A new way of engaging with the broader community on policies and other government business is now available. People can use the Engagement Portal to… Read More

Impact Investing Australia in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, released a report in March that noted active impact investors would like to triple their… Read More

The Australian Institute of Company Directors’ new report, Governance of the Nation: A Blueprint for Growth, details reform priorities that could be implemented over the… Read More

Voluntas is a group of like-minded people including mediation professionals and members of volunteer and not-for-profit (NFP) organisations. The Centre for Volunteering and other organisations… Read More