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Through the course of this investigation, more than a dozen major Australian charities refused to disclose which data to...
22/12/2025

Through the course of this investigation, more than a dozen major Australian charities refused to disclose which data tools they use to profile givers. Crikey has named them.

Most big Australian charities are using commercial profiling to ask for the right amount of money at the right time. But it’s not something that they broadcast.

Most charities are using third-party data-crunching services to label, rank and “predict” your donations. Usually, it ha...
22/12/2025

Most charities are using third-party data-crunching services to label, rank and “predict” your donations. Usually, it happens with almost no disclosure.

Most of Australia’s charity sector uses third-party data profiling services to label people, rank them, and even 'predict' whether they’ll donate or leave money in their will to the organisation — with almost no disclosure, an industry insider has revealed to Crikey.

Donors expect charities to meet higher ethical standards than commercial organisations, and the sector’s reliance on tru...
22/12/2025

Donors expect charities to meet higher ethical standards than commercial organisations, and the sector’s reliance on trust makes undisclosed profiling especially damaging.

13 million Australians donate to charities each year. Most of them have no idea they are being scored, labelled and targeted by the organisations to which they give.

Having a security insider review why the Bondi perpetrators were allowed to prepare an atrocity isn’t good enough. A roy...
22/12/2025

Having a security insider review why the Bondi perpetrators were allowed to prepare an atrocity isn’t good enough. A royal commission is crucial, writes Bernard Keane.

A review by a security insider within the government isn't good enough in the wake of the Bondi atrocity. Like Tony Abbott after the Lindt Cafe siege, Anthony Albanese just wants the issue to go away.

“There is only so much mushroom murderer coverage that I can take.”
22/12/2025

“There is only so much mushroom murderer coverage that I can take.”

Plenty of stories got disproportionate airtime this year. This is what the Australian media think they got wrong.

Legacy media’s internalised systems of seeking attention at all costs are making things much worse, while ignoring stori...
22/12/2025

Legacy media’s internalised systems of seeking attention at all costs are making things much worse, while ignoring stories of bravery and community from Sydney's east.

'Part of what the media has got wrong this time is the same thing it gets wrong every time: the elbowing demand to push cameras and microphones into a still-shocked community, insisting on being the mediator of their grief.'

A broad spectrum of policies and rhetoric — from all sides of politics — have been put forward in the wake of the Bondi ...
22/12/2025

A broad spectrum of policies and rhetoric — from all sides of politics — have been put forward in the wake of the Bondi atrocity.

Following the antisemitic terror attack at Bondi Beach on December 14, Australia's elected representatives are each pushing for different solutions to different purported problems.

The Liberal Party argued it can’t be sued — but a court decided its powerful state executive can.
22/12/2025

The Liberal Party argued it can’t be sued — but a court decided its powerful state executive can.

The Liberal Party argued it can't be sued — but a court decided its powerful state executive can.

Former Mongols bikie gang member turned Four Corners investigative reporter Mahmood Fazal has sent a concerns notice to ...
22/12/2025

Former Mongols bikie gang member turned Four Corners investigative reporter Mahmood Fazal has sent a concerns notice to Nine over an SMH article published in October.

Mahmood Fazal, the Four Corners reporter at the centre of a fake text saga, has now kicked off defamation proceedings against the Nine newspapers.

Crikey reveals which third-party tools Australian charities are using to profile and rank donors.
22/12/2025

Crikey reveals which third-party tools Australian charities are using to profile and rank donors.

Most big Australian charities are using commercial profiling to ask for the right amount of money at the right time. But it’s not something that they broadcast.

People give to charities out of altruism. Learning that a charity has quietly scored, ranked or behaviourally targeted d...
22/12/2025

People give to charities out of altruism. Learning that a charity has quietly scored, ranked or behaviourally targeted donors can undermine the meaning of giving itself.

13 million Australians donate to charities each year. Most of them have no idea they are being scored, labelled and targeted by the originations to which they give.

Are you a “Bluechip” or a “mid-value giver”? How Aussie charities use secret data-crunching services to decide exactly h...
22/12/2025

Are you a “Bluechip” or a “mid-value giver”? How Aussie charities use secret data-crunching services to decide exactly how much money to ask you for. Cam Wilson reports.

Most of Australia’s charity sector uses third-party data profiling services to label people, rank them, and even 'predict' whether they’ll donate or leave money in their will to the organisation — with almost no disclosure, an industry insider has revealed to Crikey.

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