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Fire with fire: growing fight to shift booze culture

Fire with fire: growing fight to shift booze culture

More than a decade after a rural woman started a charity by sharing her story of alcohol addiction, a movement to reframe boozy bush culture is in high demand.

Australia makes list of 2025's costliest climate events

Australia makes list of 2025's costliest climate events

Australia makes list of 2025's costliest climate events

Australia makes list of 2025's costliest climate events

From catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles to devastating floods in Asia, it's been a tough year of climate extremes and their economic burdens.

PM picks up the tongs, serving Christmas lunch and hope

PM picks up the tongs, serving Christmas lunch and hope

PM picks up the tongs, serving Christmas lunch and hope

PM picks up the tongs, serving Christmas lunch and hope

In a show of Christmas spirit, leaders from both sides of politics have put aside their differences to unite and serve lunch to their communities.

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Christmas miracle for family after stint in hospital

Christmas miracle for family after stint in hospital

There’s no place like home for Christmas, and for some families that wish has been granted, with their children spending the festive season at home.

Christmas desperation for families facing cost struggle

Christmas desperation for families facing cost struggle

Half of all Australians are concerned about affording Christmas as housing constraints and rising costs push millions to reach out to charities for help.

Insurance costs to 'skyrocket' after workers comp fail

Insurance costs to 'skyrocket' after workers comp fail

Insurance premiums for many charities and small businesses are set to spike after sweeping workers compensation reforms were voted down.

Arts day delivers millions, with a bit of taxpayer help

Arts day delivers millions, with a bit of taxpayer help

An arts donations day run by Creative Australia has raised $2 million, but the cost to taxpayers may well exceed the amount provided by private donors.

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'Pains our producers': Regions urge stop to food waste

'Pains our producers': Regions urge stop to food waste

'Pains our producers': Regions urge stop to food waste

'Pains our producers': Regions urge stop to food waste

With more families needing emergency food relief for longer, charities and politicians are combining to push a bold tax plan to cut farm waste.

Health giant under microscope for charity tax status

Health giant under microscope for charity tax status

Health giant under microscope for charity tax status

Health giant under microscope for charity tax status

A health union wants the government to investigate embattled private hospitals operator Healthscope over a problem with its salary packaging scheme

Fundraising fizzers signal stark challenge for the arts

Fundraising fizzers signal stark challenge for the arts

Fundraising fizzers signal stark challenge for the arts

Fundraising fizzers signal stark challenge for the arts

The first national donations day run by Creative Australia has raised more than $1 million, but many groups failed to meet their fundraising targets.

Billions in unworn clothes hanging in Aussie wardrobes

Billions in unworn clothes hanging in Aussie wardrobes

Billions in unworn clothes hanging in Aussie wardrobes

Billions in unworn clothes hanging in Aussie wardrobes

The hidden fashion fortune hiding in wardrobes across Australia is estimated to be worth tens of billions of dollars.

How a platform became the go-to charity hub in crises

How a platform became the go-to charity hub in crises

How a platform became the go-to charity hub in crises

How a platform became the go-to charity hub in crises

Australians are among the most generous people in the world, having donated more than $1 billion to lend a hand to those in need, a crowdfunding giant says.

Veterans charity in shambles after four resignations

Veterans charity in shambles after four resignations

Veterans charity in shambles after four resignations

Veterans charity in shambles after four resignations

An RSL branch is being asked how it can continue operating after four directors including its chair quit, amid "conflicts" and a lawsuit.

Used laptops help kids 'locked out of opportunity’

Used laptops help kids 'locked out of opportunity’

Used laptops help kids 'locked out of opportunity’

Used laptops help kids 'locked out of opportunity’

The Smith Family and Telstra Foundation are helping deliver thousands of refurbished laptops to disadvantaged students, tackling "the new frontier of poverty".

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Brothers set record with 140-day row across the Pacific

A Scottish trio has landed on Australian shores after an arduous 140-day journey across the Pacific, raising more than $1.6 million for clean water projects.

Millions struggle to afford personal hygiene products

More than one in eight Australians are not buying personal hygiene products because they cannot afford them, a survey shows.

Younger Australia is facing a loneliness 'epidemic'

Nearly half of young Australians feel lonely, with experts warning digital life, the cost of living and lack of connection are fuelling a growing crisis.

Women redefining philanthropy sector despite barriers

Persistent barriers are preventing the growth of female-led philanthropy but experts say greater visibility and awareness of giving will help to drive change.

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'Crisis': animal shelters struggling to survive

Animal shelters around Australia are struggling financially, battling to keep their doors open or dealing with long wait-lists for surrenders.

Family gives back after tragic end for missing girl

Pheobe Bishop's family hope to give back to a community that rallied around them in their time of need, throwing their support behind a friend's fundraiser.

Full-time workers hit by 'worst ever' housing crisis

Even workers in full-time jobs struggle to meet rental costs, charities say, while those with less income are going without essentials.

New cohort of 'working poor' fronting food charities

Double-income families are among a new demographic of "working poor" Australians fronting up at food charities that are struggling to meet demand.

More than 800,000 chip in to clean up tonnes of rubbish

From bras to buckets, an army of volunteers has picked up weird and wacky objects among tonnes of rubbish in the largest national environmental clean-up.

Anger in halls of power over 'unfair' electoral reforms

Federal MPs have clashed in a Parliament House corridor over political donation laws which loom as a sticking point in minority government negotiations.

'Fake culture': legal body's charity status under fire

Already vowing to axe taxpayer support, the coalition's latest salvo against an environment litigation body could strip it of charity status to choke off funds.

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