CCA provides media commentary on issues important to charities and NFPs and CCA CEO David Crosbie writes fortnightly in the Community Advocate on sector issues. We keep our member CEOs and senior staff up to date via CCA’s Daily Diary – a frank daily analysis of the national context, issues and news of interest to charity leaders (all in a two-minute read). Charity leaders who would like to know more, please contact our Partnerships Manager, Deborah Smith, info@communitycouncil.com.au
In October and December 2015, CCA staged a major campaign to promote more robust discussion of mergers and collaborations. The campaign included a series of national forums and the report is a record of the discussion and feedback.
Tim Costello (CCA Chair) and David Crosbie (CCA CEO) have joined many across the charities sector in welcoming today’s announcement from Ministers Porter and O’Dwyer that the government will support the continuation of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC). Previously the government has said it would disband the ACNC.
The Federal Government should create an estate duty to give Australia’s super rich many more reasons to bequest money to charities says the Chair of Community Council for Australia (CCA), Tim Costello.
Australia needs to adopt a groundbreaking superannuation program that has been operating in France for over a decade, providing billions of dollars for charitable projects, according to Not for Profit sector leaders. CCA CEO, David Crosbie, tells Pro Bono News the French 90/10 super program was producing “amazing” results that would be very easy to apply to Australia.
Simple revolution for Australian super needed – Community Council for Australia says innovative French program should be adopted to create billions of dollars for projects that have a social impact – and CCA says it is easy to do.
Ahead of a series of CEO Forums to discuss mergers and collaboration, CCA CEO David Crosbie urges Australian charities to consider merging, instead of competing for the same funding, in order to survive.
