The foreign donations controversy is continuing into the new year, with an overseas donation to grassroots advocacy group GetUp slammed by a Liberal senator, but sector…
When foreign cash pollutes our polity, charities lose, writes Labor MP Andrew Leigh and Senator Don Farrell, who explain how it proved possible to ban foreign donations…
The charity sector is celebrating the passing of the foreign donations bill through the Senate, after the federal government amended the bill to protect charitable advocacy.…
The government approach to electoral reform is not about good policy or real reform, it is about maintaining and extending political advantage, writes Community Council…
Labor has called for charities to be exempted from the controversial foreign donations bill, with opposition leader Bill Shorten saying he won’t support “anything that…
Hungary’s prime minister has vowed to push through legislation targeting civil society organisations that support migrants, after securing a landslide re-election…
Although the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters made a laudable attempt to address the various flaws in the Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Bill, there…
The Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Bill is threatening part of the funding pathway available to charities, writes Dr Steve Francis, managing director of FrontStream…
The controversial foreign donations bill is “unconstitutional” and there is a “reasonable likelihood” it will be struck down by the High Court, a constitutional law expert…
The government is undermining Australia’s charities, the shadow minister for charities and not for profits has claimed.In a discussion of matter of public importance…
Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie shares an extract from his opening statement before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security,…
A new short survey has been launched to better understand how charities feel they could be affected by the proposed foreign donations bill. According to the government…