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For each of the last two federal elections the CCA has organised a Pre-Election Forum at the National Press Club where the major political parties have outlined their policies for the charities and not-for-profit sector.  This year, CCA is delighted to be taking the Pre-Election Forum to the sector at the Connecting Up Transform Conference.

Sector leaders are encouraged to join us for this critical opportunity to put sector-wide issues on the political agenda for the next term of Parliament.  It’s now, or not for a long time..

If charities all work a little harder to communicate our messages during elections, we will be much closer to achieving the kind of Australia we want to live in, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie in Pro Bono News, 28 March 2019.

CCA CEO David Crosbie talks with ABC News Breakfast about the role we all have in valuing education, and supporting our young people to dream big and stick with education.  

Research released today reveals that the overwhelming majority of Australians – seven in ten people - believe that the responsibility to keep our young people in education rests on the shoulders of everyone, not just teachers and parents.  The findings come as the Community Council for Australia launches the ‘It Takes a Village: Education is everyone’s business’ campaign (www.ittakesavillage.org.au) – a community-led campaign aimed at mobilising Australians to take a greater role in the education and future success of our young people.