Third Sector News

19/12/2025

Thank you for making Third Sector your home for NFP news this year. We truly appreciate your support and engagement! 🇦🇺

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas break and a happy, healthy New Year. See you in 2026!

18/12/2025

The country’s is often framed around first-home buyers and younger families, but the fastest-rising rates of housing stress are appearing later in life.

Many older Australians, particularly women who have spent years working, caring and raising families, are confronting the unthinkable prospect of for the first time.

Learn more:

Housing is not merely a commodity, but a basic human right. Yet across Australia, a growing number of older people are finding that right slipping out of reach.

17/12/2025

Human Rights Day has prompted renewed scrutiny of youth justice policies across Australia, with Children's Ground warning that recent state and territory decisions are placing children, particularly First Nations children, at greater risk.

Read more:

Human Rights Day has prompted renewed scrutiny of youth justice policies across Australia placing children at greater risk.

15/12/2025

The Paul Ramsay Foundation has announced it will support 17 existing collaborations, bringing together 58 separate organisations. The initiative marks a shift away from funding isolated services, focusing instead on “whole-of-family” support and long-term stability.

Read more:

A major philanthropic initiative will inject more than $10 million into the domestic and family violence sector, funding a series of collaborative projects.

04/12/2025

MissingSchool co-founder & CEO Megan Gilmour talks about the organisation's educational and social impact on the lives of children with complex health challenges: https://hubs.li/Q03W0JxV0

27/11/2025

Aboriginal Male's Healing Centre CEO Devon Cuimara invites us to rethink our approach to coercive control and understand its impact on First Nations peoples: https://hubs.li/Q03VVlQb0

20/11/2025

Erandhi Mendis and Peta Wyeth explore how strategic investment in education and sector-specific training can build a sustainable, inclusive cybersecurity workforce for Australia’s NFP sector: https://hubs.li/Q03V9jBr0



Kyndryl, University of Technology Sydney

20/11/2025

Homes NSW and Legal Aid NSW executive directors Tara Vella and Meredith Osborne talk about how they remove housing barriers and prevent homelessness for Aboriginal women in custody: https://hubs.li/Q03V94pl0

13/11/2025

A major new investment of the Paul Ramsay Foundation in First Peoples Leading will expand opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders across Australia.

https://hubs.li/Q03SY46y0

13/11/2025

Dr Allen Benson, Native Counselling Services of Alberta's former CEO, shares how to implement a new model of justice through Indigenous courts, community renewal and prevention: https://hubs.ly/Q03SXLxB0

11/11/2025

With 122,000 Aussies experiencing homelessness on any given night, G.J. Gardner Homes Australia is taking strides in a nationwide effort to raise funds and awareness for the vulnerable demographic.

https://hubs.li/Q03SxSgS0

10/11/2025

New Roy Morgan data shows that 58% of Australians aged 14+ (an estimated 13.2 million Australians) donated an average of $594 in 12 months to charity, contributing approximately $7.9 billion.

https://hubs.li/Q03SlcsW0