Bazal
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Ah, so Pete Murray isn’t dead then.
Nah, his music just makes it sound like he is
Ah, so Pete Murray isn’t dead then.
Can Shine bring some rain?
Its gonna be real shit when we get 2nd time round smoke hazeA weather geek lady on the abc said that the smoke plumes have been to NZ, South America and will soon arrive in Perth via Africa.
Isn’t Emma the yellow wiggle?The yellow wiggle had a heart attack at the bushfires benefit gig at Castle Hill.
I believe that the (instagram famous) mum from Melbourne who raised $50m+ created a trust via her lawyers and directed it to the RFS in various states.Just on the bushfires subject and the subsequent donations. Are there any official checks and balances in place to ensure our collective donations get directed to where they're most needed? I damn well hope they do and not get syphoned off in 'administrative fees'.
Just on the bushfires subject and the subsequent donations. Are there any official checks and balances in place to ensure our collective donations get directed to where they're most needed? I damn well hope they do and not get syphoned off in 'administrative fees'.
This isn't what I meant, and leaving political fights aside for once. At the end of the day, where does the average persons (lets say 20 bucks) go when they donate to any registered cause? Is 10 of it chewed up in admin fees, less/more? Here's just one case in point. The mrs donated $20.00 to the NSW firies 5 years ago. They got her details then continued to harrass her for three years (via phone calls) in NSW and another year after that when we moved to QLD.That 20 buck donation probably cost $100.00 in admin by the time they stopped calling her. We'll still donate, but will be far more cautious when we hand it over. The original question remains. How is that 20 bucks divided up?I believe that the (instagram famous) mum from Melbourne who raised $50m+ created a trust via her lawyers and directed it to the RFS in various states.
I don’t know where the money is needed most tbh. Should it go towards equipment or should the government man up and do it’s f**king job? Should it go to the uninsured or underinsured who lost their homes ?
For mine it’s the rural communities who have been hit hard by the drought and fires that need it most. Give it to the farmers who lost all their fruit trees or flocks. The cafe owners who lost xmas trade. Wires for giving a f**k when others don’t. Most importantly to the families of the fallen volunteers.
What I don’t want to see it spent on is picking up the slack for Scotty or Gladys for underfunding resources. FMD Scotty spent $185m for re-opening Xmas Island in a stunt to overturn the Medivac laws. It costs more than $3b a year for the Manus Island Nauru detention centres. Think about that. Fossil fuel industries are subsidised $29b per year. FMD.
I'm not having a go at any particular organisation. I'm just more wary of how our hard earned is spent when we donate. And anyhow, you should know better than to listen to the ABC while you're backing out your driveway.Any reputable charity will publish their financials, from which you can ascertain how much of your donation makes it to where you you intended it to go.
I was listening to an interview with some chick on the ABC who was apparently an expert on these things the other day as I was backing my car out the driveway, and a point she did make was that if the amount of admin expenses was too low, it also likely means that they don't have the resources in place to quickly distribute funds to those in need, so that's worth considering.
I'm not having a go at any particular organisation. I'm just more wary of how our hard earned is spent when we donate. And anyhow, you should know better than to listen to the ABC while you're backing out your driveway.
That's your fault. You should know that us men can't multi-task.i knocked the dial off 2GB when turning off the stop/start function.