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Clubs in crisis: RSL resists pressure to support failing club
RSL NSW president Mick Bainbridge said it is not the job of the military veterans charity to operate licensed clubs that sell alcohol and promote gambling.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Private school charity status sacrosanct despite calls to scrap it
A plan to boost donations to charities has proposed ending tax-deductible giving to private schools, but the move has been shut down by the federal government.
- by Shane Wright and Lucy Carroll
Australian charity deregistered as false claims over children emerge
Former soldier Adam Whittington’s Project Rescue Children is also accused of using unsuspecting children as props to attract donations, according to a BBC investigation.
- by Cameron Houston
Jack found running 50km daily for 50 days so much fun he now has sights on a century
Jack Hanley aims to run 10,000 kilometres in 100 days to raise $430,000 for charity. He expects to go through a dozen pair of runners and consume plenty of pikelets.
- by Melissa Cunningham
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Clive Palmer pipped for a place at the PM’s dinner table
Was the mining billionaire the anonymous bidder who shelled out more than $25,000 for a charity dinner with the prime minister. Turns out, no.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Wildlife
Admin costs soar as wildlife charity yet to spend bushfire money
The biggest wildlife rescue organisation in Australia, WIRES, raised more than $100 million during the Black Summer bushfires. It wants to reduce oversight of the remaining $69 million.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Opinion
I’m being generous this EOFY, but the taxman is not
We’re less generous than we used to be. Could that be because the taxman is hassling us about our benevolence?
- by Ross Gittins
How Ornella’s ‘very expensive education’ in Sydney pushed her to build a school across the Timor Sea
At the age of 14, Ornella Byak had an encounter that shaped the course of her life.
- by Lia Timson
More Australians need help, but we’re giving less
Cost-of-living pressures are hitting most Australians, who are responding by cutting donations to the nation’s under-pressure charities.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Tax cuts
As tax cuts loom, donating to charity shouldn’t just be for the rich
It’s not just millionaires looking to charitable giving ahead of 30 June. Here’s how you can make the most of it.
- by Noel Whittaker