We are an independent member-based charity peak body dedicated to building flourishing communities by enhancing the extraordinary work of Australia’s not-for-profit sector. We do this by changing the way governments, communities and the not-for-profit sector relate to one another. In particular, this includes establishing a regulatory environment that works for charities and community organisations – not against them.
What an amazing 2025: some real highlights, issues of concern, steps forward and back, good times and not-so-welcome times. Through it all I continued to be uplifted by the amazing people I get to work with and at times represent from across the charities and not-for-profit sector, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie in the Community Advocate.
One year after the Australian Human Rights Commission launched the country’s first national roadmap to eliminate racism, civil society organisations are calling on the Australian government to urgently fund and implement the National Anti-Racism Framework.
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.
CEO David Crosbie contributes weekly to the go to news for and about charities, community, volunteers and change-making, The Community Advocate
The archive of David’s thought pieces for Pro Bono News 2016-23 is available here
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