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Telecommunications industry regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announcned the new Broadcasting Services Commercial Radio Current Affairs Disclosure Standard 2022 which applies to all commercial radio broadcasting licensees that broadcast current affairs programs.

Optus is expanding its Donate Your Data program in a partnership with Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation to support the foundation’s telehealth services network.

Business advisory group UBT has deployed an app to quickly get food boxes to COVID-19 affected families across NSW as part of their charitable organisation, Rapid Relief Team (RRT).

The Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation for the AFL player legend will benefit from a funding grant by Motorola which has announced it will give more than US$10 million in grant funding this year to charitable organisations around the world through its Motorola Solutions Foundation.

Huawei Australia has signed a new two-year contract to continue as major sponsor of the National Rugby League team, Canberra Raiders.

Data centre provider NextDC has launched its new corporate social responsibility program, committing the company to improving local communities through four core charities and community giving programs.

ANZ Bank has announced that "Donate with Apple Pay" is available on the "Shout For Good" fundraising platform, providing Australian charities with "an easy and secure way to offer digital payments".

Optus has launched this year’s Future Makers programme for start-ups, social entrepreneurs and charities to submit their tech solutions and the chance to secure a share of $300,000 in funding.

A team from national recruitment firm Finite raised a record $12,500 in November for good causes through its biennial participation in this year’s Movember, an annual event involving the growing of moustaches to raise awareness of men's health issues.

A team of five from Sydney-based national ICT recruitment company, Finite, raised more than $5000 for charity, with its team participating in the recent Sydney City2Surf 14km fun run.

The social media world’s newest two celebrities are Brandon Reynolds, 21, and Jarrod Hrotek, 22, whose app lets people chat to celebs for a fee, of which 50% goes to charity.

A recently launched mobile app – Bountye – is designed to change the way donations are made to charities by connecting buyers and sellers via its platform, with sales going directly to the buyer’s preferred charity.  

Victorian charity, Berry Street, which provides services to disadvantaged children, has been given a boost with the deployment of a Nutanix converged technology platform as its web-scale infrastructure prize for being a finalist in the Nutanix Web-scale Wish campaign.

Web survey development cloud based company, SurveyMonkey is opening its first Asia Pacific office in Sydney.

Forget losing the booze, a new non-for profit effort is pushing for people to cut the cord with their smartphones over the next month and interact with the real world.

IT professional services provider, FinXL, has raised $9,092 for two charities through the participation of staff members in Movember.