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Neal notches up a hat-trick losing out at Amnesty
Commiserations to Belinda Neal, who has missed out on her dream of becoming a board director of human rights charity Amnesty International Australia.
- by Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
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Crime
‘Tragic circumstance’: Police say young Perth mother’s death in charity bin not suspicious
The grim discovery was made around 5am Tuesday after a member of the public noticed someone who appeared to be stuck inside a Good Sammy’s bin.
- by Heather McNeill
‘Carrot and stick’: Charities face stiffer penalties but less red tape
The overhaul follows an inquiry into the misuse of funds within RSL NSW and the high-profile case of comedian Celeste Barber, who raised a staggering $51 million in her Black Summer bushfire fundraiser but was limited in where the money could go.
- by Michael Koziol
Charity roles can prove highly profitable elsewhere
Work experience in the charity sector can be personally rewarding and can help develop skills valued in the corporate sector.
- by Anna Patty
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Opinion
I did not dissuade Vladimir Putin from his crackdown but now Australia is employing the same tactic
Targeting charities is a tried and true political tactic deployed by autocratic and authoritarian regimes to quash dissent and gag critics.
- by Tim Costello
11-year-old boy sends socks to residents of storm-hit Dandenong Ranges
More than 15,000 pairs of donated socks have passed through the hands of Benjy Orwin in recent years and 800 have now made their way to residents of the storm-battered Dandenong Ranges.
- by David Estcourt
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City life
Legal eagle flies high for charity
It’s surprising legal eagle and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s main squeeze, Arthur Moses, found time last week for another high profile “do”: the Vinnies CEO Sleepout.
- by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson
Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7 billion, blasts wealth gap
MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, has given $2.7 billion ($3.5 billion) to a variety of charities.
- by Sophie Alexander
Seventh Big Freeze raises more than $10m despite virus disruption for second year
The players were in Sydney and the usual MCG crowd was nowhere to be seen, but Monday’s Big Freeze managed to raise more than $10m to fight motor neurone disease.
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Scientology should lose charitable status over its attacks on mental health: McGorry
Australia’s top mental health advocates and researchers have described Scientology’s years of harassment and said their anti-psychiatry campaigning harmed the community.
- by Ben Schneiders