CEOs in our sector can see the potential of technology and AI. They want their organisations to do better by drawing on emerging technologies, but if the only way they can do that is by reducing services to the community they serve, how does that work? ‘Emerging technology offers both real benefits and real risk. If Australia is to become more innovative and productive, if we are to ensure our safety and maintain our values, investment in technology for the charities and NFP sector should be a very high priority,’ writes CCA CEO David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.

‘Our sector can’t afford to sit back and wait to be attended to. If the sector is to be valued and much-needed reforms are to be delivered, we all need to be more active and effective in our advocacy, not just for our causes and purpose, but for ourselves, the people we work with and work for. A pre-Budget submission is a low-cost way of at least putting our hands in the air, and that can only be a good thing,’ writes CCA CEO David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.

“When we allow our human services to be commodified, we invariably risk what is most important to our communities,” writes David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.

‘In our changing climate, strengthening community connectedness, awareness, preparedness, and capacity to respond to disasters is clearly one of the most critical, unrecognised and unfunded roles charities and not-for-profits now play in Australia,’ writes CCA CEO David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.