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.
‘We can all enjoy our tech but still insist on guardrails and limits around companies and what they promote and profit from.’ As charities and community groups, we have a critical role to play in shaping what a changed world looks like, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.
There is no Department of Charities in the federal government, no red book, no blue book for an incoming minister prepared by a team of diligent public servants. In fact, there are no public servants employed by the federal government to monitor or look after the effectiveness and capacity of the charity sector, nobody monitoring our economic and social contribution to communities, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie for the Community Advocate.
“Why do we continue to support the lack of data symmetry in the sector’s relationship with government and other funders? Maybe we start a ‘You show me your data, and I’ll show you mine!’ campaign?” CCA CEO David Crosbie writes for the Community Advocate on evaluation, impact measurement and access to data.
Neither the government nor the ATO have in any way acknowledged the findings of the Senate Economics Reference Committee that the implementation of this flawed policy (new reporting requirements for NFPs) is a major burden on many small volunteer-run NFPs and is not working, writes CCA CEO David Crosbie.
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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