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React 💙 if you learnt something new.

It’s been ANOTHER busy week! 📄 Curious about what lands on politicians’ desks each week? This week…

📄(Cth) Expand the Unreasonable to Live at Home Criteria for Young People with a History of Family Violence
📄(VIC) Prevent Personal Cross-Examination by an Accused
📄(Cth) Expand the HELP Debt Reduction Initiative to Regional Lawyers
📄(Cth) Exclude Unpaid Work-Integrated Learning from International Students’ Work-Hour Limits
📄(NSW) Reinstate Evidentiary Requirements for Renovation Evictions
📄(NT) Ban the Use of Anti-Spit Guards in Youth Detention

We’ve got a full library 📚 of one-page policy briefs, built week by week, check it out at foregood.org.au

Follow along for more updates on the newest policy briefs written by our team at FORE! 💫

📌Reminder: FORE Good does not advocate for any solution. Our role is to catalogue and distil what experts have proposed.

#auspol #policy #reform

Kind of chic to have just wrapped up Sem 2’s volunteer training days! We couldn’t be prouder of this cohort. 🎉
It was such a pleasure meeting you all in person before your volunteer program kicks off next week. We had meet ups in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. Over the next three months, this crew will be working in teams to write policy briefs on topics that matter to them, all while meeting stakeholders in their chosen field.
We are so excited for what’s ahead and can’t wait to get to know each of you better throughout the program.
Congrats, team. See you this week!

Culture is everything when you’re running a volunteer led organisation.
By the very nature of volunteering, no one has to stay at FORE Good. They can leave any time, for any reason. So our job isn’t just to make the work worthwhile, it’s to make people feel connected to the mission and to each other.
One way we do that is through in person city meetups before each program kicks off. Our two biggest are Melbourne and Sydney.
At our Sydney meetup we tried something new. Rock paper scissors, but if you lost you had to fall in behind the person who beat you and cheer them on. Round after round the line grew until we were down to two final contenders in what can only be described as a Scissors Paper Rock Battle Royale.
Afterwards we talked about what it meant. In not for profit work, you won’t always be excited about every task in front of you. Sometimes you’re doing it for your team, because you know they’d do the same for you. Being loud, being supportive, changing direction when needed, cheering each other on, that’s what gets teams through.
By the end it wasn’t just two people having fun in that circle. It was all of us.
Impact work needs seriousness. It also needs silliness. Without the light heartedness, you can’t stay in the work long enough to see the results. That’s why we play rock paper scissors!

Shout out to the whole Winter cohort! It has been such a pleasure having you as part of our team! 💙💙💙

The best way to finish the Winter 2026 cohort! 10 briefs to the copyeditors in 1 week, mammoth effort! Happy graduation!
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Join us in celebrating them in the comments and if you were part of the cohort, tag someone who made your experience all the better 💙

#publicpolicy #volunteer #graduate
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Our first ever merch drop is here!

We put real thought into these, making sure it could be something you’d actually want to wear. These four pieces are for the staffers, public servants, volunteers and advocates who make this community what it is. If you’ve ever drafted a one page brief, run between meetings with your notes in one hand, or read the same report for the 20th time trying to get it under a page, this is FORE you.

We’re keeping prices as low as we can. This year our goal is building awareness with the people best placed to turn our work into impact. We think merch you’d actually want to wear is a pretty great step in that direction.

Full transparency, here’s exactly what each piece costs us to make, and what we’re charging.

Blue oversized tote bag, $40 (costs us $36.70 to make)
White tshirt “washing line”, $30 (costs us $25.20 to make)
Blue tshirt “simple text”, $30 (costs us $25.20 to make)
Blue hoodie “simple text”, $70 (costs us $45.11 to make)

Sizes available: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL

Bonus: there’s a referral option in the preorder form. We’ll be shouting out our top referrers on 10 August.

This is a preorder, so get yours in by Monday 10 August using the form, link in bio. Once orders are in, we’ll be in touch to sort payment.

Quick heads up, these are mockups, so the final designs might look slightly different once they’re actually printed.

So excited FORE this!

React 💙 if you learnt something new!

It’s been a busy week 📋. Take a peek behind the curtain and check out the policy briefs that landed on politicians’ desks this week.

Want to read more? We’ve got a full library 📚 of one page policy briefs that we’ve been building week by week waiting for you, check out the link in our bio 🔗.

Follow along for more updates on the newest policy briefs written by our team at FORE! 💫

This week:
📄 (NSW) Repeal Criminalisation for Civil Disruption on Major Bridges, Tunnels and Roads
📄 (VIC) Authorise VAHC to Issue Cultural Heritage Permits Involving Aboriginal Ancestral Remains
📄 (Cth) Guarantee 12 Days of Reproductive Health Leave Annually
📄 (Cth) Abolish the Special Benefit Waiting Period for Newly Arrived Residents
📄 (Cth) Make ‘Closing the Gap’ a Statutory Duty for the APS
📄 (QLD) Mandate Watch Houses as a Last Resort for Child Detention
📄 (Cth) Restore Better Access to 20 Mental Health Care Sessions Per Year
📄 (NSW) Make Guardianship a Last Resort for People with Disability
📄 (Cth) Establish a Positive Duty of Care to Eliminate Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status

📌 Reminder: FORE Good does not advocate for any solution. Our role is to catalogue and distil what experts have proposed.

#auspol #policy #legalreform

Which T-shirt design would you choose? We need to choose by Friday so they can be available for pre-order at our NSW Launch! Thanks for your help!

💙 Drop a blue heart if you learnt something new.

In Australia, most workers receive a 12% superannuation guarantee from their employer. But superannuation is not guaranteed for gig workers. While they can contribute to their own super, irregular income and complex systems mean 1 in 4 do.

Australian Superannuation organisations have explained that this can result in lower retirement savings, greater future financial insecurity. And it hits women, low-income workers and marginalised communities hardest.

📖 Read the full brief by Mieke Crighton, Zehra Yamac, Emmaby Barton Grace & Helene Opsahl (published 13/04/2026) at foregood.org.au to find out more.

At FORE Good, we believe politics and policy is ✨FORE✨ everyone.

#GigEconomy #Superannuation #FutureOfWork #auspol #SuperannuationGuarantee

Ever wondered what our volunteer program actually looks like behind the scenes? 👀
One of our volunteers, Ola, is sharing her fellowship ‘wrapped’- what she learned and achieved after 8 months volunteering part-time as a tech parliamentary liaison 🏛️ and digital comms🎥 lead at FORE Good🎉.
And she’s not the only one, this is just one of many stories like it!
Now that Ola’s moving on, we’re on the hunt for more digital comms volunteers 🔎 - anyone with a passion for storytelling and looking to build their portfolio 📒 on topics that could contribute to real policy change!
Sound like you? Slide into our DMs or give us at email 📩 at hello@foregood.org.au
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Design 🖼️ by @olainpolitics

How do you design an event where people actually connect? Would love to hear any and all ideas before our NSW Launch next Friday the 24th of July 💙

How do you design an event where people actually connect? Would love to hear any and all ideas before our NSW Launch THIS Friday the 24th of July 💙

Update! This change has passed parliament.

💙 Drop a blue heart if you learnt something new.
In Victoria, it’s illegal to 3D print a gun without a licence 🔫, but downloading the blueprint is technically still legal💻.
We are here to report 📝 on proposed policy solutions- So why have advocates and experts said blueprints matter?
3D printed guns have no serial number or paper trail and are practically untraceable. A single blueprint can also be used to print copy after copy at almost no cost.
Yet under Victorian law, no offence is committed until someone prints the gun, after which, it’s almost impossible to trace back to them.
Legal experts and gun safety advocates have argued that criminalising possession of the blueprint itself, like what has been done in Canada, NSW and SA, could close this gap.

At FORE Good, we believe politics and policy is ✨FORE✨ everyone.
📖 Read the full policy brief by Felicity Mulhall, Connor Maloney, Nicole Brideson, Maea Applegarth, Ola Wallis, Noussayba Skendri, Amisha Singh, Ruby Anderson, Alan Gruner & Benjamin Kelly in our Policy Library📚 (link 🔗 in bio).

📌Reminder: FORE Good does not advocate for any solution. Our role is to catalogue and distil what experts have proposed.
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Video by Ola Wallis @olainpolitics

Who could we work with to make this happen??
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I know it’s cool, you do too but how do we spread this feeling/understanding across the country?!?!

We’ve been thinking about this a lot here at FORE and I genuinely think there’s a huge opportunity here.

Is it working brands, is it working with other creators?
What do we need to do to help drive democracy as something that people not only feel capable of participating in but excited to.

Sharing this because the more minds on this question the better. Hope to see your thoughts in the comments!
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#democracy #auspol

It’s been ANOTHER busy week! 📄If you’re curious about what goes on behind the scenes at a policy non-for-profit, check the policy briefs our team wrote that landed on politicians’ desks this week.
Want to read more? We’ve got a full library 📚 of one-page policy briefs that we’ve been building week by week waiting for you- check out the link in our bio 🔗. Follow along for more updates on the newest policy briefs written by our team at FORE! 💫

This week:
📄(SA) Include Microplastics as a Water Pollutant
📄(VIC) Mandate Tethered Bottle Caps to Beverage Containers
📄(Cth) Increase the Disability Support Pension Payment to Above the Poverty Line
📄(Cth) Include ‘Reproductive Health Grounds’ as a Circumstance for Flexible Work Arrangement Requests
📄(NSW) Fund Meningococcal B Vaccination Through the School-Based Vaccination Program
📄(NSW) Provide Unlimited Free Personal Phone Calls From Prisons
📄(Cth) Expand the Definition of Lobbyist to Include In-House Lobbyists
📄(Cth) Create an Australian Long Weekend

📌Reminder: FORE Good does not advocate for any solution. Our role is to catalogue and distil what experts have proposed.

#auspol #policy #reform
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Design 🖼️ by @olainpolitics

Grateful to be featured in Women’s Agenda last week! Thank you to the wonderful Jessie Tu for sharing what we do here at FORE Good.

Dual impact, that’s how we think about what we do. Building a policy library that gets solutions in front of decision-makers, while training the next generation of young people to understand how policy actually works.
300+ applicants. 100+ accepted into our last cohort. And yes, the occasional solo dance break is part of the process.

Thanks to the incredible volunteers, contributors, and collaborators who make this work possible. None of it happens without you.

Read the full piece via the link in bio.

Comment APPLY for the link to our application!

Imagine writing a policy brief that reaches the floor of parliament 🏛️

Applications for our Semester 2 Policy Training Program close 11:59 PM AEST, 1 July 2026, so now’s the time. ⏳
✅ Open to anyone 18+
✅ No policy background needed
✅ 10 Aug – 30 Oct 2026
✅ Published work + real skills + new network

You could be next.

We’ve had 350+ volunteers come through this policy training program in 2 years, and many of them have made friendships and connections that have lasted beyond the program🤩.

🔗 Apply via the link in bio before midnight July 1!

Introducing our fortnightly wrap up series 👋
Every two weeks, we’ll be pulling back the curtain on what FORE has actually been up to. The wins, the hard stuff and what we’re asking for help with. That way you can get an honest account of what it looks like to build a policy organisation from the ground up.
We believe policy should be transparent and accessible, and that goes for how we operate too. So swipe through and see for yourself ➡️
Drop any questions in the comments, or DM / email community@foregood.org.au if any of our asks resonate 💬
Thank you FORE your support! 💙
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Design 🖼️ by @olainpolitics

Please react 💙 if you learnt something new!
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It’s been a busy week 📑. Take a peek behind the curtain and check out the policy briefs that landed on politicians’ desks this week.
Want to read more? We’ve got a full library 📚of one-page policy briefs that we’ve been building week by week waiting for you- check out the link in our bio 🔗.
Follow along for more updates on the newest policy briefs written by our team at FORE! 💫

This week:
📄(Cth) Provide Family Reunion Pathways for RoS Visa Holders and Their Children
📄(Cth) Exempt Humanitarian Organisations from Criminal Liability
📄(NSW) Prohibit Consent-Based Strip Searches
📄(ACT) Prohibit Election Deepfakes
📄(Cth) Ban Subminimum Wages for Workers with Disability
📄(NSW) Remove the 10-Year Time Limit for Accessing the Victim Support Services Recognition Payment

📌Reminder: FORE Good does not advocate for any solution. Our role is to catalogue and distil what experts have proposed.

#auspol #policy #legalreform
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Design 🖼️ by @olainpolitics

💙 Drop a blue heart if you learnt something new.
In Australia, wheelchairs and other disability aids can be treated the same as regular luggage on flights ✈️ , despite being fragile, expensive, and essential to the daily independence of more than 3 million Australians.
When these aids are damaged, the consequences can be life-changing. Disability advocates have shared stories of broken wheelchairs, days spent housebound, missed work and appointments, and thousands of dollars in repair costs.
Yet under the law, disability aids aren’t always recognised as distinct from baggage. Disability organisations argue that a simple change in wording could make a big difference.
At FORE Good, we believe politics and policy is FORE everyone.
📖 Read the full brief by Emilie Everingham, Wei-Hsuan Kai, Philip Alex, Amy O’Brien, Elaine Qiao, Fraser Simpson, Liz Templeton & Sarah Frost in our Policy Library.
Because a wheelchair isn’t “just” luggage, it’s someone’s independence.

@emilie_everingham

Just wrapped up our first onboarding day for the new Winter cohort! 60+ people joined us online, with more catching up later and others continuing on from the last cohort.

It always amazes me the calibre of people this role attracts. Passionate, warm, intelligent people who care about making our world and democracy better!

So excited to welcome them into our team!

In 2026, the traditional career ladder is dead. Many of our team at FORE didn’t even start with policy. So, if you’ve never seen yourself in the world of policy, this one’s for you!
If you’ve ever looked at your field and thought “why isn’t this reflected in how we make laws?” then policy could be your next career move.
FORE runs 4 policy training fellowship rounds per year. Each one is 3 months of hands-on experience turning your sector knowledge into real policy briefs that reach politicians. If you’re interested check out our website in the bio🔗
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