Andrew Thomas joins us to speak about the tax structures for giving to charities.

Linda Lavarch, recently appointed Chair of the Federal Government's newly formed Not-for-Profit Sector Reform Council, joins us to discuss the purpose and proposed activities of the council. Linda is a former State Member of the Queensland Parliament serving from 1997 to 2009. She represented the then seat of Kurwongbah on the northern outskirts of Brisbane. In 2005 she was appointed Attorney-General - Queensland's first woman Attorney-General. Incidentally Linda was the first woman lawyer elected to the Queensland Parliament. During her service she chaired the Scrutiny of Legislation Committee, the Members Parliamentary Privileges and Ethics Committee and headed a number of inquiries ranging from the decriminalisation of Altruistic Surrogacy to reforms in the residential rental market. Linda is a lawyer having gained her law degree from QUT. She also holds a graduate diploma in legal practices from QUT. She currently serves as a Director on the Boards of The Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation and Hockey Queensland. Dr Wendy Scaife will discuss donations to the Premier's Flood Appeal and giving to disasters in general. As a Senior Research Fellow, Wendy (Bachelor of Business (Communication), Master of Business Management, PhD) researches and lectures in nonprofit management and marketing and fundraising. Her Master's thesis focused on corporate sponsorship of community causes and her PhD on improving the marketing and funding for Australian medical research. Recent team and individual work includes; a project on building a culture of giving in a city; motivations and barriers for high net worth giving; reviewing entry level fundraising training for Australia; the year-long Giving Australia project; work on best practice fundraising in the arts, sport and medical research; benchmarking educational fundraising and looking at education and training needs of nonprofit marketing professionals. Wendy was formerly a state CEO of a major health nonprofit, and its national Deputy CEO. She is a member of the Fundraising Institute Australia, a Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Australia and is on the advisory panel of Research Australia Philanthropy. Dr Sharon Newnam speaks about her research into car fleet safety and driving behaviour in and by nonprofit organisations. Dr Sharon Newnam is currently employed as Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow on an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant investigating fleet safety in the nonprofit sector. This three year research project involves developing, implementing, and evaluating three interventions designed to improve safety outcomes in the non-profit sector. Dr Newnam's PhD thesis was undertaken at QUT and examined the multilevel organisational structure in the management of fleet safety. Dr Newnam has extensive experience in designing and managing quantitative research designs, particularly related to the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions designed to improve road safety outcomes. Dr Newnam is well published in the area of occupational driving safety with 10 publications as first author, a government report (ATSB) and has presented at several national and international conferences.

For this month's podcast we'll be talking to Linda Lavarch, recently appointed Chair of the Federal Government's newly formed Not-for-Profit Sector Reform Council.

Prof Myles McGregor-Lowndes speaks about the recently announced Treasury consultation paper on a new national regulator for the not-for-profit sector. Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes OAM is the Director of The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS). He has advised and held board positions in a large variety of nonprofit organisations over a period of twenty-five years. Solicitor with a current practice certificate (admitted in the Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia). He is a consultant to McCullough Robertson Lawyers engaged solely in high level legal and taxation advice to large national and international nonprofit organisations. He is also a member of the ATO Charities Consultative Committee. In June 2003, Myles was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "For service to the community by providing education and support in legal, financial and administrative matters to nonprofit organisations." Links with sector: Queensland Law Society, National Law Institute, Fundraising Institute - Australia, Founding Director - Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Limited, Volunteering Australia, International Third Sector Research, Association for Research on Voluntary and Nonprofit Associations. Bob Wyatt will provide a summary of his thoughts and recommendations for the Canadian voluntary sector and chats about his ideas on how a nonprofit umbrella (or peak) organisation should operate.Bob Wyatt is the Executive Director, The Muttart Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Co-chair, Joint Regulatory Table, Voluntary Sector Initiative (2000-2003). Executive-in-Residence, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, QUT, 2005-06

For this month's podcast we'll be talking to Prof Myles McGregor-Lowndes speaks about the recently announced Treasury consultation paper on a new national regulator for the not-for-profit sector.

For this month's podcast we'll be talking to Dr Andrea Petrwiskyj reports on her current research project 'Voice of Seniors'

Dr Andrea Petrwiskyj reports on her current research project 'Voice of Seniors' which examines the role of seniors organisations in providing the voice for older people in Australian policy making. Bob Wyatt provides further critique on arguments related to nonprofit organisations becoming more like their corporate counterparts.

Dr Andrea Petrwiskyj reports on her current research project 'Voice of Seniors' which examines the role of seniors organisations in providing the voice for older people in Australian policy making. Bob Wyatt provides further critique on arguments related to nonprofit organisations becoming more like their corporate counterparts.

For this month's podcast we'll be talking to Dr Andrea Petrwiskyj reports on her current research project 'Voice of Seniors'

For this month's podcast we'll be talking to Associate Professor Jo Barraket reports on the outcomes of the Finding Australia's Social Enterprise Sector (FASES) research project.