These are five key issues management need to consider when actively seeking government funding.

The board should be monitoring the function, insight and leadership of government engagement through four lenses.

Neil met with Pro Bono Australia journalist, Maggie Coggan, to discuss his new whitepaper, released in partnership with Perpetual: How charities can improve their relationship with all levels of government.

In a post-COVID world, many NFPs will need to rethink how and where they operate, and how they fund their mission. Good government engagement will be crucial. Our Co-Founding Director, Neil, prepared this whitepaper in partnership with Perpetual.

Neil considers how centralised power, isolation from reality and the creation of a political class have created an environment of harassment in politics, and impacted wider social policy.

Neil compares Australia’s two versions of consultation with the system in New Zealand, and shares some advice on how community organisations can amplify their voice.

For the social purpose sector, available opportunities to influence and guide the process of a royal commission are much narrower than in broader public advocacy. Neil shares his social purpose organisation royal commission checklist.

We can expect the federal government to pay a bit more attention to WA, but so too should social purpose organisations.

In short, yes. Neil says the insidious nature of US politics is already with us.