What NFPs want a future government to deliver

Posted on 10 Apr 2025

By Matthew Schulz, journalist, Institute of Community Directors Australia

“One thing we're not prepared to do is back the idea that you tackle inflation by keeping people hungry and homeless. The first thing we've got to do is to make sure that people who are struggling the most get the help that they need."

Cassandra Goldie, ACOSS

“Australians don't want to see less spending on government and in fact 60% of people would say they would personally pay more tax for a better health and aged care system.”

Emma Dawson, Per Capita

“My biggest hope is that whoever is our next government, that they will keep building upon the need to really place a gender lens and to understand that poverty is feminised, and it’s been worn too long on the shoulders of women.”

Terese Edwards, Single Mother Families Australia

“We actually don’t care what politician it is who brings these policies to the fore. We’re about outcomes, and we’re about the policies that achieve those outcomes.”

Kasy Chambers, Anglicare Australia