Corporate ‘donations’: all sizzle and no sausage?

Posted on 10 Dec 2025

By Nick Place, journalist, Community Directors

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“If a mate claimed they were very generous because they convinced someone else to give to charity, you’d think they were joking. But that’s the kind of thing companies say in their corporate reporting.”
Bill Browne, director of the Australia Institute’s democracy and accountability program
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