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GetUp Foreign Donation Questioned

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 14th January 2019 -  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 experts …

Banning Foreign Donations Without Hurting Charities

Contributor, Monday, 26th November 2018 -  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 without silencing…

Charities Welcome Foreign Donation Bill’s Passage Through Senate

Luke Michael, Friday, 16th November 2018 -  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…

Opinion

Electoral Reform – In Whose Interest?

David Crosbie, Thursday, 7th June 2018 -  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 for Australia…

Labor Calls For Charities to be Exempt from Foreign Donations Bill

Wendy Williams, Monday, 16th April 2018 -  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 punishes…

Hungary Set to Crackdown on NGOs Supporting Migrants

Luke Michael, Monday, 16th April 2018 -  Hungary’s prime minister has vowed to push through legislation targeting civil society organisations that support migrants, after securing a landslide re-election victory on…

Opinion

New Electoral Law Could Still Hobble Charities

Krystian Seibert, Friday, 13th April 2018 -  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 is no quick…

The Politics of Charities Receiving Donations

Contributor, Thursday, 22nd February 2018 -  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 Asia…

Foreign Donations Bill ‘Likely’ to be Struck Down by High Court

Wendy Williams, Monday, 19th February 2018 -  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 has told…

Government Accused of Undermining Australia’s Charities

Wendy Williams, Friday, 9th February 2018 -  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 raised in …

Opinion

It’s All About The Evidence

David Crosbie, Thursday, 1st February 2018 -  Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie shares an extract from his opening statement before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, and why the…

Have Your Say: Will You Be Impacted By The Proposed Foreign Donations Bill?

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 25th January 2018 -  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 The Electoral…

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