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  • Text reads "Building Regional Digital Skills. Merredin Community Resource Centre." Good Things Foundation Australia, Wesfarmers, and The Rotary Club of Kununurra logos.

    15/11/2021 · Communities we work with | Our projects

    Shopping safely and locally online

    The Rotary Club of Kununurra is boosting digital literacy and the local economy through the Building Digital Skills in Regional Areas Pilot.

  • Aerial view of rural landscape

    04/11/2021 · Announcements | Research and reports

    2021 Regional Telecommunications Review Submission

    Our recommendations for improving digital inclusion in regional, remote and rural communities.

  • Text reads "Building Regional Digital Skills. Merredin Community Resource Centre." Good Things Foundation Australia, Wesfarmers, and U3A Benalla logos.

    02/11/2021 · Announcements

    ‘On Target’ for better digital skills

    U3A Benalla’s Building Digital Skills in Regional Areas Pilot has seen locals make leaps and bounds when it comes to technology.

  • Woman using a mobile phone as an elderly woman watches.

    28/10/2021 · Announcements | Insights

    Media Literacy Week

    Jessica Wilson, National Director of Good Things Foundation Australia, discusses research into media literacy and its connection to digital inclusion.

  • Woman holding a mobile phone. A COVID-19 digital certificate is displayed on the screen.

    26/10/2021 · Announcements | COVID-19

    How to access your COVID-19 vaccination digital certificate

    We have developed step-by-step guides for learners and Digital Mentors on accessing proof of COVID-19 vaccination digital certificates.

  • Young woman working at a computer

    21/10/2021 · Announcements | Get Online Week | Insights | Our projects

    Future of Work for NFPs

    On 21 October 2021, we hosted a special webinar with PwC Australia to talk about the future of work for not-for-profits.

  • Get online. Get your finances online. Guest article from PwC. Image of woman using a computer and looking at finance papers.

    20/10/2021 · Announcements | Digital Mentoring | Get Online Week

    Get online. Get your finances in line.

    Guest article contributed by Belinda Louis, Director - Outsourced Finance at PwC Australia with Good Things Foundation Australia for Get Online Week 2021.

  • Nurturing net know-how gets more people safely online. Guest article from the eSafety Commissioner. Image of Julie Inman-Grant, eSafety Commissioner.

    19/10/2021 · Get Online Week | Insights

    Nurturing net know-how gets more people safely online

    Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commissioner, writes on the importance of digital skills when it comes to staying safe online.

  • On the right, an image of Mama Fe helping a learner. On the top left the Get Online Week 2021 logo. On the left heading: Mama Fe. Below in quotation marks: “I would like to inspire people to be online. They don't have to be scared. They won't regret being online."

    19/10/2021 · Announcements

    Mama Fe Gillies – Get Online Week 2021

    After discovering the benefits of getting online through local support, Mama Fe is now helping others to get the most of life using the internet.

  • The Barriers to Getting Online: Young People and Digital Poverty. Guest article from South Australia's Commissioner for Children and Young People. Picture of commissioner.

    19/10/2021 · Get Online Week | Insights

    The Barriers to Getting Online: Young People and Digital Poverty

    As COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing restrictions continue to apply, it’s more important than ever for young people to be able to get online, writes Helen Connolly, South Australia’s Commissioner for Children and Young People.

  • Man and woman looking at an iPad. Get Online Week logo.

    12/10/2021 · Get Online Week

    Media release: Get Online Week 2021

    Get Online Week is addressing isolation amongst digitally excluded Australians this 18-24 October.

  • Be Connected reacher one million learners. Be Connected logo on left. Good Things Foundation Australia logo on right.

    29/09/2021 · Announcements | Be Connected | Our projects

    Media release: Be Connected reaches one million learners

    The popularity of the Be Connected program proves that using the internet confidently and safely is not beyond older Australians, with the program marking its one millionth learner – and the numbers keep growing.