David Crosbie

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Political power outage

2 weeks ago | communitydirectors.com.au | David Crosbie

A new survey has confirmed charities enjoy strong support in communities across Australia. So why doesn’t the sector have more political clout, asks Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie. Community Council for Australia is about to release the results of one of the biggest surveys we’ve ever conducted about charities in Australia.
Are Digital Tokens the Next SPACs?

3 weeks ago | directorsandboards.com | David Crosbie |Susan Holliday

Special purpose acquisition companies, perhaps better known as SPACs, were first introduced in the 1990s as a faster, cheaper and more structured way for small and medium-sized companies to be traded on the public markets. Following a great deal of hype, and a miniature boom around 2020-2021, SPACs are now a rare breed, since some companies failed to find an acquisition target and many that listed had poor post-IPO performance.
Institute of Community Directors Australia

1 month ago | communitydirectors.com.au | David Crosbie

When it comes to youth crime panic, we've heard it all before says Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie, as he argues "our responses to youth crime should be grounded in fact, not anecdote-fuelled misinformation". On Thursday, April 2, 1925, Alex McKinley, then head of the Melbourne Children’s Court, had a letter to the editor published in the Arguscalling for young people up to the age of 20 to be offered rehabilitation rather than prison.
Institute of Community Directors Australia

1 month ago | communitydirectors.com.au | David Crosbie

When it comes to building safe, resilient and caring communities, greed is far from good, says Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie. I’m not sure when profit became a God, prosperity a measure of personal merit, and greed a virtue. We may have been heading that way for a while, but in recent times it seems this has become a dominant ideology. When all that matters is the deal, the well-being of humanity becomes irrelevant.
What Boards Need to Know About Crypto

1 month ago | directorsandboards.com | David Crosbie |Susan Holliday

Up until now, the only mention of crypto currency in the boardroom was probably a discussion on whether the company needed to own Bitcoin in case of a ransomware attack. However, the landscape is changing very rapidly, driven by a crypto-friendly U.S. President and the resulting rapid rise in the price of Bitcoin over the emotionally significant threshold of $100,000.
There's so much goodwill towards charities, but they're facing a crisis

1 month ago | newcastleherald.com.au | David Crosbie

Despite the recent interest rate cut, the cost-of-living crisis will still dominate the upcoming election campaign as so many families battle to afford the essentials.
Not-for-profits, put your case for a better deal in 2025

2 months ago | communitydirectors.com.au | David Crosbie

There is absolutely nothing stopping any charity or community group using the next few months to arrange meetings with all their local political candidates and putting their case for their own cause or purpose, and for the strengthening of their own organisation and others like them across Australia.
Institute of Community Directors Australia

2 months ago | communitydirectors.com.au | David Crosbie

Charities and not-for-profits deserve to be taken seriously. That means governments investing in the sector, not just offering supportive words writes Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie. Some days I feel a little like a farmer in a drought, desperate for much needed rain. Time and again I look up and see promising clouds moving across the horizon, but they pass overhead bringing no rain and barely even casting a shadow.
It's all about attention

2 months ago | communitydirectors.com.au | David Crosbie

To cut through the noise, it may be time for the charity and not-for-profit sector to change not just the stories it tells, but how they are told, says CEO of the Community Council for Australia, David Crosbie. A lot has happened in the two weeks or so since the US inaugurated a new President. The fallout is impacting globally, including for some of our own international development charities and other organisations.
A year of change

Jan 20, 2025 | communitydirectors.com.au | David Crosbie

With a federal election on the horizon, charities will have a critical role to play in in 2025, says Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie.