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NFP’s PLACE IN
SOCIETY & ECONOMY
29 July 2012
Victor Hamit FAICD
Wentworth Lawyers
Level 40
140 William Street
MELBOURNE 3000
Email: [email protected]
27 – 29 July 2012
Melbourne
Convention &
Entertainment
Centre
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OVERVIEW
1.1
Intergenerational Report
1.2
Productivity Commission
1.3
AICD/Centre for Social Impact
POLITICS AND CHARITY
MICRO LEVEL
3.1
Sporting Facilities
3.2
Community Services
3.3
Medicare Locals
REFORM FATIGUE
NFP’S PLACE IN SOCIETY & ECONOMY
1.
OVERVIEW
1.1 Australia to 2050: FUTURE CHALLENGES
January 2010
 number of working age people to support each
Australian aged 65 or more
 2050: 2.7
 2010: 5
 1970: 7.5
1.1 Australia to 2050: FUTURE CHALLENGES cont’d
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Estimated population 35.9m
Ageing population
% of population of traditional working age
to fall from 65% to 61%
Productivity
Health costs
NFP’S PLACE IN SOCIETY & ECONOMY
1.2
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION:
“Report on Contribution of the Not-for Profit sector – January 2010
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Number of NFP’s
 1996 – 520,000
 2010 – 610,000
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Contribution to GDP
 2000 - $21b
 2000 – 3.3% of GDP
 2007 - $43b
 2007 – 4.1% of GDP
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Volunteers contributed in unpaid work
 2000 - $8.9b
 2007 - $14.6b
NFP’S PLACE IN SOCIETY & ECONOMY
1.3
AICD/CENTRE FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
“Directors Social Impact Study 2011”
Examining the Contribution of Directors to Australia’s NFP
Sector”
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NFP NED’s each spend approximately 7 weeks per year
as directors of NFP.
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89% of NFP NED’s voluntary (valued at $100m
annually)
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NFP NED’s skills comparable to those of FP directors.
NFP’S PLACE IN SOCIETY & ECONOMY
2.
POLITICS AND CHARITY
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Aid/Watch Inc v Commissioner of Taxation [2010]
HCA 42 at para 48: the majority judgement stated:
“……..in Australia there is no general doctrine
which excludes from charitable purposes “political”
objects .....”
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Is there a link between the decrease in
membership of political parties (by nearly 50% and
the growth of NFP’s?
NFP’S PLACE IN SOCIETY & ECONOMY
3.
MICRO LEVEL
3.1
Sporting facilities and clubs and Local
Government.
3.2
Local Government and community
services.
3.3
Health and Medicare Locals
NFP’S PLACE IN SOCIETY & ECONOMY
4.
REFORM FATIGUE
4.1
Political activities and lobbying.
4.2
Peak bodies.
4.3
Policy Partnerships.
4.4
2020
NFP’s PLACE IN SOCIETY
& ECONOMY
29 July 2012
Victor Hamit FAICD
Wentworth Lawyers
Level 40
140 William Street
MELBOURNE 3000
Email: [email protected]
27 – 29 July 2012
Melbourne
Convention &
Entertainment
Centre