The Australian comedian's bushfire appeal attracted more than $51 million in donations, but distributing that money isn't as simple as clicking donate.
Swinburne University industry fellow Krystian SeibertBut they're not exactly quick fixes.transfer the funds to other charities or new funds"The RFS could set up a 'disaster relief fund' which can provide support to families of firefighters who've died and people in communities impacted by the fires."The funds could then be spread across these different new funds, and could even go to the Red Cross too.
"But this would be a costly exercise and there is another entity involved in the equation, the PayPal Giving Fund ," she wrote.
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