Crowdfunding reprieve for Earlwood pensioners facing strata bankruptcy
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Crowdfunding reprieve for Earlwood pensioners facing strata bankruptcy

A community fundraising campaign has raised nearly $63,000 for an elderly couple in Sydney’s inner-west facing bankruptcy and possible homelessness over a strata debt.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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Spinning memories from the past – and now Melbourne’s future
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Spinning memories from the past – and now Melbourne’s future

That’s the sentimental strain to the logic of keeping hundreds of vinyl albums. You pick up a record and think,I remember where I was,how old I was,and who I was when I bought it.

  • byWarwick McFadyen
Dutton spruiks flood GoFundMe to residents in electorate mail-out
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Dutton spruiks flood GoFundMe to residents in electorate mail-out

Despite criticism at the time,the Defence Minister is promoting an online fundraiser he launched after the floods.

  • byMatt Dennien
Dutton flood funds flow to unregistered group with links to office
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Peter Dutton

Dutton flood funds flow to unregistered group with links to office

Applications for money from the GoFundMe launched amid recent Brisbane floods are now behind a password-protected section of the Defence Minister’s LNP-branded website.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Very unwise’:Questions swirl over Coalition MPs’ flood fundraisers

‘Very unwise’:Questions swirl over Coalition MPs’ flood fundraisers

An integrity expert says GoFundMe campaigns set up by Peter Dutton and Luke Howarth open the MPs up to perceptions of political motivations,as questions remain over who will get the cash.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Real dog’s breakfast’:COVID-19 sceptics turn to online crowdfunding sites to raise money

‘Real dog’s breakfast’:COVID-19 sceptics turn to online crowdfunding sites to raise money

A crowdfunding campaign that raised almost $180,000 to protest vaccine mandates has been shut down,amid concerns about the spread of misinformation on digital platforms.

  • byAndrew Taylor
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How to build a Hyperloop on a budget:use crowdsourcing

How to build a Hyperloop on a budget:use crowdsourcing

The race to build the world’s first functioning Hyperloop - a proposed transport system of levitating capsules speeding through vacuum tubes - has captured the public’s imagination.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Beer maker BrewDog defends $100 million valuation and fundraising

Beer maker BrewDog defends $100 million valuation and fundraising

‘Punk’ beer maker BrewDog has defended itself against criticism over a $10 million capital raise in Australia using a crowdfunding platform that values the brewer at $100 million.

  • byCara Waters
Brisbane girl who used birthday to fund PNG school left'speechless'

Brisbane girl who used birthday to fund PNG school left'speechless'

Jordanna Muddle used her 13th birthday party to raise $2000. The money bought a chainsaw,crucial to the construction effort.

  • byToby Crockford
GoFundMe team working around the clock to stamp out bushfire scammers

GoFundMe team working around the clock to stamp out bushfire scammers

More than 4500 separate bushfire-related appeals have been launched on the crowdfunding site since January 1.

  • byTom Cowie
Startup puts volatile petrol prices under the pump

Startup puts volatile petrol prices under the pump

Startup Refueler is looking to crowdfund $1.7 million to expand the reach of its app enabling motorists to beat the fuel price cycle.

  • byCara Waters