@debra9275 wrote:
She meant it to go to the RFS...
err.. no she didn't that's why it ended up in court
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/celeste-barber-bushfire-fundraiser-ruling-come...
After the fundraiser went viral, Barber had indeed intended for money to go to victims.
“I’m going to make sure that Victoria gets some, that South Australia gets some, also families of people who have died in these fires, the wildlife,” she said.
“I’m hearing you all. I want you to know that, otherwise why raise this money if it’s not going to go to the people who absolutely need it.”
What matters is the way she set it up, and the way it was set up was to provide all the equipment needed, like breathing apparatus, for the firefighters. And also some of the money will go to families of the firefighters who died. I believe she started the fund raiser when there was a publicity about the facts that some of the firefighters did not have any protection against smoke. The NSW Fire Brigade (what ever it is called) actually wanted to share the money with other states, but were told they cannot; the money has to be spent exactly within the parameters set. You cannot do it any other way; if it was possible to change the rules that would mean somebody could get people to donate for homeless teenagers, and then give it to "save feral animals fund" or whatever.. If funds were not going strictly as it was originally directed, people would be not be willing to donate.
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