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The Big Issue is celebrating its 30th anniversary after its launch on the streets of Melbourne in 1996.

I was too busy for the charity vendor. But he said something that stopped me in my tracks

Australia’s giving sector has shown its incredible heart this week, but behind the scenes, an unsustainable number of non-profits are competing for survival.

  • Stephen Brook

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Heidi Bradshaw

‘Highly sexualised workplace’: Children’s charity shut down amid claims of lewd behaviour

A multimillion-dollar charity has had its accreditation revoked and its government contract cancelled after the Herald raised allegations of a “hostile” and “toxic” culture.

  • Amber Schultz
Former Foley House resident Bruce Rigby.

Footscray’s most vulnerable were promised a ‘forever’ home. Now they have to move out

Weeks after the Victorian government spruiked a new cafe as the key to solving the area’s homeless crisis, a nearby residential facility’s closure will put vulnerable men at risk of being without a home.

  • Cassandra Morgan
NDIS advocates during a post-budget press conference at Parliament House in Canberra earlier this month.

Children’s disability workers to be axed as NDIS changes loom

The Brotherhood of St Laurence is set to axe up to 45 of its early childhood coordinator roles, currently funded under a contract with the National Disability Insurance Scheme, as it transitions to a greater focus on adult disability services.

  • Grant McArthur
HBF Run for a Reason, 2026.
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In pictures: HBF Run for a Reason

A photo gallery of the HBF Run for a Reason event on May 24, 2026.

Joe Shin with wife Hwayoung at the Convent Bakery at the Abbotsford Convent on Thursday.

Abbotsford Convent ordered to return keys to cafe after legal stoush

The convent was on Monday ordered by VCAT to return a locked-out restaurant to its tenant, after the self-represented owner took on management’s legal team.

  • Clay Lucas
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Eleanor Bryant’s husband Tim with their two children Charlie and Tully, now aged 13 and 11.

Eleanor was brave in her final act. It gives her family strength to carry on

In November 2024, Eleanor Bryant died defending children when a truck ran into a preschool. Her widower, Tim Bryant, speaks about what life has been like since.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Joe Shin with wife Hwayoung at the Convent Bakery at the Abbotsford Convent on Thursday.

Joe arrived at work for a regular day, but Abbotsford Convent management had already changed the locks on him

Abbotsford Convent is facing unrest as tenants are evicted and the foundation running the historic site insists recent senior staff departures are not out of the ordinary.

  • Clay Lucas and Rachael Dexter
Prince Harry outside a London court in January for a separate case.

Prince Harry sued for defamation by charity he co-founded

Sentebale, which the prince co-founded in honour of his late mother Princess Diana, has alleged he was one of the architects of an “adverse media campaign”.

2021 Australian of the Year, Grace Tame, speaking at a protest earlier this year.

Grace Tame Foundation announces sudden closure

The foundation started by the former Australian of the Year said it had struggled to gain long-term funding.

  • Isabel McMillan