Charity
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Ngozi Fulani receives personal apology over Buckingham Palace racism incident
Former lady in waiting to queen Susan Hussey and black charity founder have ‘warm and understanding’ meeting Caroline Davies The…
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Patagonia’s billionaire owner gives away company to fight climate crisis
Founder Yvon Chouinard announced that all the company’s profits will go into saving the planet Erin McCormick The Guardian Setting…
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If America really is ‘back’, it needs to set an example on human rights and charity in Afghanistan
Now with sanctions and boycotts it is inflicting even more suffering. Alison Broinowski Pearls and Irritations Yet it continues to…
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Coalition’s planned crackdown on charities should be scrapped, Liberal-led committee finds
The Coalition’s planned crackdown on charities and not-for-profits threatens free speech, gives the regulator overly broad powers, and should be…
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Tim Costello lauds ruling allowing charities to lobby for political change
A tribunal ruling that found benevolent institutions are allowed to advocate for political change will free charities from “always looking…
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NGO Global Witness accused of negligence after murder of Afghan informant
LONDON — Global Witness, the high-profile investigative NGO, stands accused of failing to protect people who risk their lives to…
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Charities, power and politics
If we are to build the kind of Australia we want to live in, it is now, during the lead…
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Government looks to broaden ACNC’s powers amid crackdown on unlawful activity
The charities commissioner could be given discretion to take enforcement action against charities even if they have not been charged…
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Bernie Sanders thrilled his famous inauguration mittens may help raise millions for charity
US Senator Bernie Sanders, the famed curmudgeon photographed at President Joe Biden’s inauguration wearing mittens and a scowl behind his…
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Charity is the more comfortable option but what Australia really needs is justice
Although Christmas has strong associations with gift giving, the Christmas story is not about charity. Brad Chilcott The Guardian It’s true that due to…
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No spare change: how charities, buskers and beggars aren’t feeling so festive in our cashless society
Onlookers shrugged them off: “Sorry, no cash on me!” Authors The Conversation To the rescue, a charity volunteer waved a…
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Murky Bosnian Charity Appeals for African Wells Raise Concerns
Nadzida Cano, who runs the Kids Corner Sarajevo kindergarten, says that according to the Islamic faith, securing water for someone…
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The Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial
Two decades on, the Manhattan-based charity supremo has celebrities and politicians clamouring to help. Amanda Hooton Good Weekend in The…
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Charity shops: The dos and don’ts of donating your clothes and belongings
Over the past few months, while we waited for the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, many of us used the time…
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Greek Australian Samaritan hands out $100 to each person at Centrelink
The lawyer entrepreneur from Karies, Laconia, handed out a total of $10,000 because he felt “sick to his stomach” after…
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Catherine Hamlin, ‘Saint of Addis Ababa’, dies at 96
Dr Hamlin, together with her husband the late Dr Reg Hamlin, established treatment centres for women suffering from the debilitating…
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