A government change brings exciting opportunities to find fresh solutions to seemingly intractable problems. The new Albanese government has expressed a “significant appetite for social justice,” not least regarding the issue of digital inclusion, which is finally on the Federal government’s agenda. Data compiled by The Australian Digital Inclusion Index…
The new Charities Minister, Andrew Leigh, is on a mission to stem the drop-off in volunteering numbers, and halt the community participation crisis. In common with many other charities, Leep is constantly searching for volunteers. At the beginning of the pandemic there was an uptake in volunteers, but this number…
Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimised by slow Internet? This is a daily occurrence in my home, as we have two adults working full-time and a tween doing homework online. Did you know that Australia doesn’t have minimum performance standards for telecommunications? I didn’t, but it certainly makes…
Here at Leep, we’ve noticed an uptake in spam calls coming from local, interstate and international numbers… and we’re fed up. We’ve heard the same from you, too. The question we’re most often asked is, “What can I actually do?” Continuing with our program on spam awareness, whereby we provide…
If you have school aged children, you may have used the Active Kids vouchers available via Service NSW. I’ve certainly used them for my daughter… but I’d not previously considered that there are people who can’t access or use them. Sadly, “schemes” such as the Active Kids vouchers are not…
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