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Philip Lowe joins LIC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... 13.1% per annum at the end of December 2023. FGX and FGG have made a social impact investment that focus on Australian children and youth at risk worth $37.8 million. The LIC's founder and director Geoff Wilson said: "We are excited to work with ...

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... family will be worse off, but almost all families will be better off. Making childcare cheaper will mean more Australian children get access to early education, giving them a great start in life," Albanese said. "And, crucially, cheaper childcare is ...

Ban Dollarmites: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland said the Dollarmites program is no more than a marketing campaign aimed at Australian children. "The Dollarmites program uses slick marketing to target primary kids at school, turning them into long-term customers ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland, the Dollarmites program is no more than a marketing campaign aimed at Australian children. "The Dollarmites program uses slick marketing to target primary kids at school, turning them into long-term customers of ...

Netwealth affirms value of financial literacy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... sponsored financial literacy program Banqer has partnered with 150 schools to deliver financial education to Australian children. Just over a year since the partnership between the platform provider and Banqer began, the program has reached 6400 Australian ...

Philanthropy at the heart of planning profession

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... also took part in extreme hiking challenges in Tasmania, all in the name of raising money for disadvantaged Australian children through the Future2 Foundation, the FPA's philanthropic arm. Beyond its ongoing Future2 fundraising efforts, the FPA has forged ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... understandable - mainly because it could turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. As the 'Camp Quality' -- an Australian children's family cancer charity organisation - advertised on TV a few years back, "Don't underestimate the power of optimism". Inopportune ...

CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Macfarlane said the virtual reality pilot had been introduced to help explore how financial education levels in Australian children can be lifted further. "Start Smart is all about helping young people become financially capable. The program is now educating ...

Future Generation donates $4.71m to charity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... Institute, Brain and Mind Centre, Butterfly Foundation for Eating Disorders, ReachOut Australia, Act for Kids, Australian Children's Music Foundation, Mirabel Foundation and Youth Off The Streets. This is part of FGG's new mandate to donate $2.42 million ...

Australian Ethical awards $300,000 in grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... believe every child has the right to a safe and comfortable place to sleep, yet each night around 20,000 young Australian children are accompanying their parents into homelessness," charity founder Claire Wearne said. "We are going to design a sustainable ...
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