{"id":558440,"date":"2026-03-23T05:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558440\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T05:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:34:11","slug":"australian-parents-consider-leaving-inheritance-to-charity-instead-of-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558440\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian parents consider leaving inheritance to charity instead of their children"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New research reveals attitudes towards inheritance were becoming more values-driven.<\/p>\n

One in three Aussie parents are considering leaving part or all of their estate to charity instead of their children, new research reveals.<\/p>\n

National research commissioned by online will platform Safewill showed parents feel their kids act like it\u2019s a given they will receive an inheritance, and said the money would be wasted by the younger generation, while others say young people should build their own wealth.<\/p>\n

With an estimated $5.4 trillion set to be transferred from Baby Boomers over the next two decades, the research showed a growing tension between expectation and reality.<\/p>\n

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Safewill Founder and CEO, Adam Lubofsky, said attitudes towards inheritance were becoming more values-driven.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re now seeing is parents thinking more carefully about the kind of impact they want their estate to have, whether that\u2019s supporting their children, backing a cause they care about, or a combination of the two,\u201d Mr Lubofsky said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect to see an even sharper rise in charitable bequests in the wealth transfer over the next two decades, with our research indicating that emotion still plays a huge part in Australian legacy planning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Qld estate sold under the hammer for $705,000, with the entire amount going to the Animal Welfare League Queensland (AWLQ).<\/p>\n

Safewill\u2019s principal solicitor Isabelle Marcarian said the rise in charitable giving reflected a broader shift in how Australians were thinking about legacy, but careful planning remained essential.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re increasingly seeing is Australians wanting their will to reflect both their family and the causes they care about,\u201d Ms Marcarian said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharitable gifts can be a powerful way to create lasting impact, and they tend to work best when families understand and support those decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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this year a low-set cottage in Brisbane\u2019s Zillmere was auctioned with all proceeds split equally between the RSPCA and Cancer Council Queensland.<\/p>\n

There has been a string of Queensland estates bequeathed to animal charities in recent years with most homes going under the hammer.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year a low-set cottage in Brisbane\u2019s Zillmere was auctioned with all proceeds split equally between the RSPCA and Cancer Council Queensland.<\/p>\n

The property sold under the hammer for $1.12 million to a South Australian man with plans to knock down the cottage and rebuild.<\/p>\n

Last year, a Carindale home sold for $1.6907m with proceeds going to animal charities. <\/p>\n

In 2024, a Strathpine estate sold under the hammer for $705,000, with the entire amount going to the Animal Welfare League Queensland (AWLQ).<\/p>\n

And Guide Dogs Australia was one of the beneficiaries of a charity auction at Robina in 2023, where a three-bedroom home on a 773 sqm lot sold for $951,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New research reveals attitudes towards inheritance were becoming more values-driven. One in three Aussie parents are considering leaving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":["post-558440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}