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Is it still goodwill if you’re filming? Kindness in the era of social media

Worthy deeds are performed for a vast digital audience. Philanthropy, or charity porn?

  • Katie Cunningham

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The man was homeless but he still refused my fancy leftovers

An act of benevolence leaves an awkward taste in the mouth.

  • Anson Cameron
Warren Buffett with son Peter and daughter Susie.

‘Father time always wins’: Warren Buffett updates plan to give away his $227b fortune

The 94-year-old has long maintained he has no interest in creating dynastic wealth in his family.

  • Josh Funk
The Duchess of York in Perth on Friday.

Duchess of York packs venue in first of five WA appearances

Seven hundred people packed a Perth resort on Friday night to see ‘Fergie’ talk about her charity work and why she’s choosing to publish in Western Australia.

  • Emma Young
Feinstein says guitars remain the most popular instrument among detainees, although there are often requests for regional instruments, especially from asylum seekers from the Middle East.

‘Everything else disappears’: How music brings relief in detention centres

Philip Feinstein, 76, collects donated instruments to deliver to those waiting in immigration detention.

  • Penry Buckley
Fortescue founder and chairman Andrew Forrest.

‘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.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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NZ artist Michael Parekowhai.

Opening nights and studio visits: How Melbourne’s richest art donors are cultivated

The City of Melbourne is hitting up the city’s wealthiest philanthropists in a bid to secure funding for a public artwork it has commissioned for Southbank by New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai.

  • Cara Waters
Artwork: Dionne Gain

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.

  • Geoff Lemon

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?

  • Ross Gittins
Cost-of-living pressures have led to many Australians to cut the amount they give to charities.

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.

  • Shane Wright

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