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01 Apr 2013
Many not-for-profit (NFP) organisations, were heading into a "perfect storm", if they weren’t already in it. That was the view of Dr John Harte FAICD, the founder and principal of Integrity Governance, when addressing the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ NFP Forum:13 in Sydney last month –...
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01 Apr 2013
Not-for-profit (NFP) boards and their fundraising staff were not seeing eye to eye and needed to start communicating better with each other as funding tightened in uncertain economic times. That was the view of Andrew Thomas, Perpetual’s general manager for philanthropy, when addressing the Australi...
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01 Apr 2013
Gillian McFee talks to Zilla Efrat about the many challenges of sitting on a sports board and her views of reform in the not-for-profit and aged-care sectors.
Even though she didn’t play basketball, Gillian McFee FAICD says she was appointed to the Basketball Australia board because of he...
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01 Mar 2013
Corey Payne talks to Zilla Efrat about the challenges of being a younger director, his recent departure from rugby league and his future plans.
In January, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs back rower and NSW Young Australian of the Year for 2013 Corey Payne surprised some when he retired fr...
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01 Dec 2012
Being born with cerebral palsy has never held Alexandra Green back. The 25-year-old cyclist talks to Nichola Clark about how she became a Paralympic medallist and one of Australia’s youngest directors.
If anyone is going to inspire you to put the TV remote or chocolate bar down it’s Alexa...
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CDM Article
01 Oct 2012
Tony Featherstone reviews a new survey that shows the standard of NFP governance, given the NFP sector’s constraints, is an untold good-news story.
When it comes to governance, the not-for-profit (NFP) sector suffers more from dangerous, ill-informed generalisations than any other. The sh...
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CDM Article
01 Oct 2012
Australia’s only study examining governance of the not-for-profit sector dispels many widely held myths and assumptions. Zilla Efrat reports.
Key findings:
There are no discernible differences between the governance effectiveness of NFP and for-profit (FP) boards.
There...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2012
In a recent address, Mission Australia chairman Ewen Crouch outlined his concerns about proposed NFP reforms. An edited extract of his speech follows.
The Government has released an exposure draft of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012, which will establish ...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2012
John H C Colvin believes the redrafted Bill aimed at reforming the NFP sector is a win for charities but requires more work.
The estimated 600,000 not-for-profit (NFP) organisations in Australia (around 60,000 of which are charities) play a vital role in our economy and society and we we...
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01 Sep 2012
Dr Stephen Judd believes many charities have lost their way. He tells Nichola Clark why it’s important for NFPs to know who they are and have a clear purpose.
Dr Stephen Judd GAICD was happily enjoying his promising IT career back in the 1990s when two events occurred that would change hi...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2012
A look at how the National Disability Services responded to change by providing a professional development scholarship program for NFP directors in the disability sector.
The Australian not-for-profit (NFP) sector is large, diverse and growing. The Productivity Commission estimated that t...