I wanted to share with you this article that was recently published on the Australian Communities Foundations website. It goes into some detail about my journey into Philanthropy. You can read the original article here. ‘Philanthropy can help drive complacent or unimaginative governments to think differently about [...]
festival21 took place on the 1-2 February 2019 at the historic Meat Market. This festival very successfully met their objective for a dynamic, zero-waste, free celebration of food, and the power it has to create a positive impact. Through a series of talks, films, and workshops, visitors were compelled to consider their relationship with [...]
I am currently en route to Timor Leste to meet and support the great people who have championed a life-saving initiative for many young Timor-Leste people Operation GoodHearts, organised by the charity East Timor Hearts Fund. Last week was a remarkable week for the East Timor Hearts Fund. This charity organises life-saving heart surgery for Timor-Leste's [...]
As an update, since Philanthropy Australia's Open Letter last week there has been a number of articles published dealing with the issue of the proposed change to the Electoral Legislative Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017. Some interesting articles have included: The Age Rules around foreign donations threaten to cripple our charities By Martyn Myer 28 [...]
Today, along with 65 other signatories, I supported an open letter that has been written by Philanthropy Australia regarding the Electoral Act Changes that are going to have, in our view, a detrimental impact on Australia's philanthropic donations and charities. This letter was published in today's Financial Review, page 13. If you do not [...]
It is exciting to see Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula rapidly growing into a region renowned for its food and wine, with the area now featuring some of Australia’s most exceptional venues. The Peninsula’s landscape lends itself to spectacular views which have been taken advantage of by many of these restaurants, with outlooks that are both [...]
This is an interview that I undertook with the University of Melbourne regarding, amongst other things our philanthropic donation towards the development of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness. Currently, around the world more than 10 million people are stateless. This leaves them vulnerable to discrimination and exploitation. The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness [...]
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has recently concluded their annual European tour of seven concerts in six cities. Ruth and I, as avid supporters of the ACO, were fortunate enough to be able to join them and their supporters for several of their concerts in Finland and then attend their finale, which was a [...]
Music, Education, Indigenous Australians - Three Areas That I Enjoy Supporting It was a pleasure to recently supporting the Tura Travellers Rise to the Challenge fundraising event. This was a clever concept, with two events held concurrently, linked via a live video connection, across different regions of Australia. It turned into somewhat of a State [...]
