COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR AUSTRALIA
We are an independent member-based 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 community organisations - not against them. Find out more...
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National Press Club Address 16 June 2011
Thank you very much for having me here today. I have long been an occasional listener, albeit from a distance, to these lunch time addresses and I find it an extraordinary privilege to be at this podium today.
As I’ve said many times this year, I feel somewhat awkward about having been named the 2011 Australian of the Year. Let me explain.
Introduction
This submission briefly outlines a response to the consultation paper: Scoping study for a national not-for-profit regulator. It has been prepared through a process of consultation with the membership of the Community Council for Australia (see Appendix 1 list of CCA members) and key organisations in the not-for-profit sector.
Submission to the Assistant Treasurer
Federal Budget Submission 2011
Introduction
This submission briefly outlines key issues for Australia’s not-for-profit sector (NFPs) over the coming financial year and provides a summary of the emerging budget implications for government and the NFP sector. It has been prepared through a process of consultation with membership of the Community Council for Australia (see Appendix 1 listing of CCA members) and key organisations in the not-for-profit sector.
‘The organisations Australians rely on in times of crisis will now be able to get government assistance to repair and re-establish their own organisations as well as support the communities around them,’ according to David Crosbie, CEO of the Community Council for Australia.
Until yesterday, disaster recovery grants and concessional loan programs put in place to support Queensland small business and primary producers had excluded not-for profit organisations.
Community organisations are critical in rebuilding flood ravaged regions of Australia, yet, programs put in place to support recovery often exclude not-for profit organisations from receiving assistance.
David Crosbie, CEO of the Community Council for Australia said today he had been very disappointed to receive representations from a number of community organisations in places like Ipswich and Toowoomba that could not understand why they were ineligible to receive recovery grants that were available to small businesses and primary producers.
