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Liberal senator speaks out against government crackdown on charities

Luke Michael, Monday, 19th July 2021 - Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has echoed concerns from the charity sector

How will the proposed changes to governance standards affect you? We want to know.

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 15th July 2021 - Charities are being encouraged to take part in a survey on the impacts of the government’s proposed changes

The government is clamping down on charities – and it could have a chilling effect on peaceful protest

Krystian Seibert, Tuesday, 6th July 2021 - There is no clear evidence that new regulations intended to crack down on “illegal behaviour” are even needed, writes Krystian Seibert, who explains what the proposed regulations could mean for charities.

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New reforms to simplify financial reporting for more than 5,000 charities

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 1st July 2021 - The changes will save small and medium charities thousands of dollars a year

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‘The average charity is about as likely to engage in illegal activism as the average person is to commit murder’

Andrew Leigh, Wednesday, 30th June 2021 - Shadow Assistant Minister for Charities Andrew Leigh takes aim at the federal government’s most recent “war on charities”.

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Charities still wary of updated plan to change governance standards

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 29th June 2021 - The government says new laws will not impose a burden on charities already obeying the law

Charities use full-page ad to condemn proposed regulations

David Crosbie, Thursday, 24th June 2021 - “These regulations must be abandoned. The work of Australia’s charities should not be stifled when the country needs us the most”

‘For heaven’s sakes, make it five years’: Community sector frustrated by short funding cycles

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 23rd June 2021 - “The most important change governments can make that will provide job security for frontline workers and certainty for people needing services is longer contracts”

ACNC head says ‘very few’ charities are acting illegally despite crackdown

Luke Michael, Thursday, 10th June 2021 - Amid the Morrison’s government’s push to crackdown on the issue of “activist” charities, the charities commissioner says current data does not suggest this is a problem

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