CCA supports the intent of the Secure Australian Jobs Framework, but charities cannot offer permanent employment while governments fund them on short-term contracts, with the median Commonwealth contract just 12 months. We call on government to pay what it takes, commit to longer-term funding, deliver DGR reform, invest in sector capability before adding compliance burdens, and close workforce data gaps by funding a not-for-profit centre of excellence and reinstating the ABS Non-Profit Institutions Satellite Account.

CCA strongly supports the inclusion of the Fundraising Manager occupation in the OSCA, with its focus on fundraising for the non-profit sector. It would be of considerable value if the ABS were able to provide more relevant data on the charity and non-profit sector. This could be done relatively straightforwardly, by: Reinstating the Non-Profit Institutions Satellite Account; Enabling published workforce data to identify the employing sector alongside occupation, including whether workers are employed by a charity or not-for-profit organisation, government or for-profit organisation; and, including a consistent charity or non-profit indicator across relevant ABS workforce statistics, publications and datasets, enabling the sector to be identified and analysed and its contribution to employment and economic activity to be better understood.