COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR AUSTRALIA
We are an independent member-based charity 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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‘Community organisations are tired of jumping through bureaucratic hoops that provide no useful information and serve no useful purpose. Despite the fact that the not-for profit sector contributes $43 billion to Australia’s economy, the needs of the sector have largely been ignored by governments in the past,’ according to David Crosbie, CEO of the Community Council of Australia.
Mr David Crosbie has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Community Council for Australia (CCA). He will commence in this new role from the 8th of November 2010.
The Reverend Tim Costello, CCA Chair and World Vision CEO said “I am looking forward to working with David – he has an excellent reputation for achieving real outcomes in the organisations he has managed and is experienced working collaboratively across sectors in complex policy areas.”
The Community Council for Australia commends the Assistant Treasurer for initiating this consultation and providing the Public Ancillary Funds discussion paper ‘Improving the integrity of public ancillary funds’.
This submission has been prepared through a process of consultation with the membership of the Community Council for Australia, other key organisations in the not for profit sector and a number of key stakeholders in the finance and philanthropy sectors.
Press Release 9 August 2010
"We welcome the commitment of Labor to establish an Office for the Not-for-Profit Sector," CCA Chair and World Vision CEO, Reverend Tim Costello, said.
"This was a key recommendation of the Productivity Commission and will play an important role in having consistency across the nation and across government. This is the first time that the sector has had a single reference point within Government."
CCA also welcomed the proposal to harmonise the tangle of complex state and federal regulations.
Australian taxpayers support many community and other not-for-profit (NFP) organisations. The activities of these organisations have considerable social impact and touch the lives of many Australians, including some of the most disadvantaged members of the community.
