First, Investor is just a holding company (it is remarkably difficult to reach down into organisations if you only ever visit their boardrooms).
Staff will need to understand the goals, cultures and pressures of other organisations if they are to make the whole operation function.
You'll be able to pitch more appropriate stories to journalists and be better placed to understand what works for different media organisations if you stay at the cutting edge of the action.
"We think there should be a wide range of community discussion and genuine consultation of people on the ground and relevant organisations if they're serious about reducing the number of people in prison," he told Guardian Australia.
Charities need to think beyond the potential constraints caused by the Lobbying Act, and acknowledge the politics inside their own organisations, if they are genuinely concerned about their ability to speak out when they need to.
At the same time the Department for Work and Pensions – for five years now – has routinely ignored evidence from disability organisations if that evidence doesn't support policy, as if disabled people's fears were hysterical inconveniences.
