Comedian Celeste Barber raises more than $30 million for volunteer firefighters

Ms Barber, who has 6.4 million followers on Instagram alone, drew pledges across social media from as far the UK, US, France, Italy. Source: Facebook/Celeste Barber

Comedian Celeste Barber has raised over $30 million for fire services battling Australian blazes.

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Published 6 January 2020 3:14pm

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Comedian Celeste Barber has raised over $30 million for fire services battling Australian blazes.

An Australian comedian who won over fans with her celebrity parodies on Instagram has helped raise a staggering $30 million to help fight deadly bushfires.

By midday Sunday, funny woman Celeste Barber had reached the goal from 450,000 donations, in three days.

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