Australian charities accused of spending donations on themselves

20/11/2017 14:37

        Australian charity organisations have been accused of spending the great bulk of donations on administration rather than the causes they represent.
        
        Professor Charlie Teo, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon, said some of the country's bigger charities were spending up to 98 percent of donations on themselves.
        
        Teo walked away from the brain cancer charity he set up in 2003 because of the huge amount spent on administration.
        
        He said, charity organisations had become a 103 billion Australian dollars industry in the country, accounting for almost 10 percent of the workforce.