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Deborah Henderson

This Month

Charities often depend on reliable, long-term funding—what’s referred to as “structured gifts.” These enable them to plan years ahead. In fields like medical research, where progress from bench to bedside can take decades, such stability is critical.

Labor’s charity tax could gut generosity in Australia

Much like recent changes to superannuation or proposals for taxes on unrealised gains, meddling with the philanthropic system erodes confidence.

March

The Sydney Writer’s Festival should primarily be “about inspiring curiosity, a love of reading and an exchange of ideas” but it has increasingly been pressured by some directors and staff keen to emphasise “polarising topics”.

Festival politicking shows why donors are walking away from the arts

The politicisation of philanthropy has led to artists and organisers engaging in their own ideological frolics using other people’s money.

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