How a real estate agent ended up a worker in a war zone

How a real estate agent ended up a worker in a war zone

An estimated four million Ukrainians are internally displaced,but many are determined to stay at home to help their homeland rebuild and pick up the pieces.

  • byRob Harris

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A Pitch Perfect partner:Rebel Wilson helps Tanzania’s poorest and smartest children
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A Pitch Perfect partner:Rebel Wilson helps Tanzania’s poorest and smartest children

Long before Australian actor Rebel Wilson was a Hollywood star,her photograph had pride of place in a one-room mud hut in Tanzania that was home to a bright young student she was sponsoring.

  • byJulie Power andCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Taylor Swift donates to family of Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting victim

Taylor Swift donates to family of Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting victim

While in Melbourne,Swift donated $US100,000 to the family of shooting victim Lisa Lopez-Galvan,and she also donated to an Australian charity.

  • byAlex Crowe
Revealed:The sales pitch this cancer charity uses to fund its operations

Revealed:The sales pitch this cancer charity uses to fund its operations

“We need your help to continue providing care and support for these families,” targets are told. Read the script here.

  • byMax Maddison
Kids’ cancer charity uses lottery to fund ‘operating costs’ despite donation claims

Kids’ cancer charity uses lottery to fund ‘operating costs’ despite donation claims

Fair Trading is investigating the Kids with Cancer Foundation,which over the past nine years has spent 23 cents in the dollar on its charitable mission.

  • byMax Maddison
Why is Christian persecution often met with indifference?
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Why is Christian persecution often met with indifference?

A charity has reported a sevenfold increase in attacks globally on Christian churches,schools and hospitals in the past year – but it gets little attention in the West.

  • byBarney Zwartz
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In 2021,this cancer charity passed on just 9 per cent of donations directly to hospitals and families

In 2021,this cancer charity passed on just 9 per cent of donations directly to hospitals and families

A charitable foundation set up to help children with cancer has directly passed on less than 25 cents in every dollar. In 2021,the figure fell to just nine cents.

  • byMax Maddison
‘Is the job satisfaction better? 100 per cent’:Why this boss doesn’t mind being broke

‘Is the job satisfaction better? 100 per cent’:Why this boss doesn’t mind being broke

The son of Sri Lankan immigrants,Shaun Christie-David is a former banker and now an award-winning social entrepreneur.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at Munich airport over luxury watch

Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at Munich airport over luxury watch

The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative said the actor “co-operated at every step even though it was an incompetent shakedown”.

Former Australian spy dies competing in world’s ‘toughest’ rowing race

Former Australian spy dies competing in world’s ‘toughest’ rowing race

Alisdair Putt,the skipper of a four-man crew rowing across the Atlantic to raise funds for charities,has died.

  • byCaroline Schelle
With Test cricket at a crossroads,pink test gives fans day in the sun

With Test cricket at a crossroads,pink test gives fans day in the sun

After consecutive years frustrated by rain,a pink-tinged SCG was reminded just how good Test cricket can be – raising more than $4 million in the process.

  • byAngus Thomson