Celeste's mistake in $51m drama

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When comedian Celeste Barber’s bushfire fundraiser tallied record amounts, Australians rejoiced, but it didn’t all go according to plan.

“It’s important to read the fine print and to understand what you can and can’t do as part of a fundraiser,” Krystian Seibert, of the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of Technology, wrote for“The main lesson is that if you’re setting up a fundraiser, or looking to donate to a particular charity, do some due diligence first.”

“If you're going to raise funds on behalf of a charity, then make sure you tell the story accurately, about what that charity will do with the money,” he told Triple J’s“For the donor, take the time to just go one step beyond the immediate visual response, or response to the story, … What charity am I really sending the money to? And does that suit my purposes?”Source:Supplied“Laws governing charities and philanthropy in Australia are complex,” he said.

Mr Seibert said while it was important to do due diligence, celebrities could play an important role by using their platform to promote giving. The law however, will allow the RFS to give some of the $51.3 million to the families of NSW volunteer firefighters killed during our horrific bushfire season.

 

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Has she stopped blaming everyone but her own ignorance yet?

That is a classic example of the herd mentality.

She’s a fk wit. Attention seeker who looked to push a political agenda. Anyone with a profile can encourage people to donate to a great cause, she knew that the money wouldn’t be able to be distributed from early on and still got people to part with their hard-earned

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