After the fires, the floods and the media, local attention turns to the long term
Posted on 28 Jan 2026
The headlines don’t last long. The fire roars, the news is dominated by images of smouldering car…
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What makes people more likely to give to charity after a disaster?
Posted on 28 Jan 2026
The scope and breadth of natural disasters facing Australia right now can feel overwhelming.
Minister flags more philanthropic funding and new legislation to help sector in 2026
Posted on 28 Jan 2026
Charities Minister Andrew Leigh says he expects to see more demand than ever for the work of…
All we want for Christmas is a roof over our heads: homeless Australians
Posted on 17 Dec 2025
As we head into the holiday period, the number of Australians battling homelessness has hit crisis…
William Tilmouth wins Australia’s highest human rights award and condemns continuing Indigenous policies
Posted on 17 Dec 2025
The founding chair of the ambitious systems-change not-for-profit organisation Children’s Ground,…
2025 recapped: the hits, the heated debates and the heroes
Posted on 17 Dec 2025
For this final Community Advocate edition of the year, we reviewed a whole year’s worth of stories…
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So long and thanks for all the fish
Posted on 08 Jul 2025
The charity and not-for profit sector is underfunded, undervalued and absolutely vital, writes…
Opinion
Silence now could cost you, and the communities you serve
Posted on 15 Apr 2026
One of the most important lessons from the covid 19 pandemic was to ask for what is needed. This…
Driven by purpose, a mob of Landcruisers hits the road
Posted on 26 Aug 2025
Brent Reeman is today climbing into his trusty Toyota 40 Series Landcruiser for the sixth annual…
Honouring 103 fallen women with 103 marathons in 103 days
Posted on 18 Aug 2025
As you read this, there’s a good chance that Natalie Djuric-Jones is running. Today is day three of…
Philanthropy takes flight: the neurologist who swapped medical charts for flight plans
Posted on 12 Aug 2025
Associate Professor Andrew Kornberg, a senior neurologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in…
More than meets the eye: Rethinking deafblindness with Jex Truran-Lakaev
Posted on 05 Aug 2025
Jex Truran-Lakaev lives with deafblindness and created the Hunter Deafblind Project in NSW to…