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‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s donations to Gaza now half that of Australian government
The Forrests’ $40 million donations for food, water and medical aid are now almost half of the value of the Australian government’s $82.5 million contribution to Palestinians.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Gina Rinehart is the patron saint of Aussie sports. But it comes with weird strings attached
Though Gina Rinehart’s patronage of Australian sporting codes goes back well over a decade, her presence at the Olympics was more overt than what we’ve seen in the past.
- by Geoff Lemon
Melinda French Gates to quit Gates Foundation, will exit with $19 billion for own charity work
She is leaving the nonprofit she co-founded with former spouse Bill Gates and will get $18.9 billion for her own work to uplift women and families.
- by Yuvraj Malik and Aditya Soni
Forrests’ $10 billion Minderoo charity to slash 100 jobs
About a third of the employees at Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo charity will lose their jobs as chief executive John Hartman looks to spend less of its more than $10 billion bounty on administration.
- by Peter Milne
Telethon Kids Institute to drop Telethon name
In a statement quietly released on Thursday the institute said it had mutually agreed with the Channel 7 Telethon Trust to rebrand next year.
- by Hamish Hastie
Top NY stock picker warns inflation to remain above pre-COVID levels
Ricky Sandler’s stock pick at the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference last year rallied 70 per cent. He’s back this year to support medical research.
- by Millie Muroi
Pokie billionaire Len Ainsworth has given millions to Sydney institutions. Now questions are being asked
Poker machines have been attacked for causing social harm. Now critics are going after the father of Australia’s poker machine industry and his family’s philanthropy.
- by Anne Hyland
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Jeff Bezos and the billionaire philanthropy crowd are the worst kind of hypocrites
Silicon Valley is not genuine about solving the world’s problems
- by Ben Marlow
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Mental health
‘Go long Swans, short Demons’: How this AFL icon landed his next gig
Sydney Swans icon Josh Kennedy wants to be a force for good in the world of finance as he swaps the football field for the trading floor.
- by Angus Thomson
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Mental health
‘It’s not working’: Philanthropist urges new approach to mental health
A major youth mental health private donor is shifting its money from treatment to prevention, but there is debate over whether governments should follow suit.
- by Jordan Baker
‘You can’t take a billion with you to the grave’: Inside the world of Sydney’s power patrons
Meet the philanthropists bankrolling the city’s arts and culture institutions.
- by Linda Morris
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