Asia-Australia | PANL Perspectives

This year, Calum Carmichael contacted scholars across Asia and Australia to find out the top policy issues facing nonprofit sectors in their countries. From advocating for advocacy to updating tax rules to re-framing relations with government, the issues now affecting Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China and Australia are similar to Canada’s and affect the lives of millions of people.

May 19, 2021

South Korea: Fundraising Challenges & a Few Solutions

By Chulhee Kang. The regulation of fundraising has been a long-standing and evolving issue for Korean nonprofit organizations (NPOs). From 1949 to 1995, the government prohibited most fundraising campaigns to... More

May 19, 2021

Australia: Countering the ‘Lady Bountiful’ Narrative

By Myles McGregor-Lowndes. The use of regulation to silence charities in Australia’s political arena is an increasingly important issue. The charity brand – with its broad public trust and ability... More

May 17, 2021

Australia: Anchoring & Balancing Government-Nonprofit Relations

By Wendy Scaife. In Australia, the relationship between government and the nonprofit sector remains patchy and one-sided in my opinion. I see this umbrella situation as being as much a... More

May 16, 2021

China: Revising the Law for the Charitable Sector

By Guosheng Deng. In my view, the most important policy or regulatory issue affecting China’s nonprofit sector is the need to revise the Charity Law – the basic law for... More

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