David Crosbie

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

The solutions necessary to change the sector for the better are well known. It’s finding the money that’s the problem, writes Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie. We know what is needed to strengthen the charities and not-for-profit sector, but governments and funders don’t often invest in delivering the required reforms. Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes has highlighted that most recommendations made to improve our sector are not implemented.

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

We need to push back against the idea that we are less productive if we are healthier, better educated, better housed and cared for writes Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie. The push to address Australia’s ‘productivity problem’ has attracted universal support from across the political divide, conservative and progressive economists, and political commentators of all persuasions. What though does a productivity agenda mean for charities and community organisations?

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

Volunteers are the beating heart of Australia’s democracy, writes Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie. It’s National Volunteer Week and while we all agree volunteering is good for us, sometimes I think we take volunteering for granted. I want to highlight just one example of how volunteers contribute to making Australia such an exceptional country. We’ve just held a national election. For me, no day on the democracy calendar is more inspiring and uplifting than election day.

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

The charities and not-for-profit sector could learn much from the failure of the Coalition to win government at Saturday’s federal election writes Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie. Politics can be brutal and unforgiving. And maybe that’s the way it should be when we’re talking about the capacity to shape our nation. Our leaders need to be tested if we’re to have confidence in them.

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

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