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David Crosbie is the CEO of the Community Council for Australia (CCA).

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‘Cults’ Hiding as Charities

David Crosbie, Tuesday, 30th June 2015 -  Organisations that could be identified as cults are registered as charities in Australia and receiving tax exempt status, a group of experts has claimed. Journalist Xavier Smerdon investigated the issue of when a charity becomes a cult.

Future of the ACNC Under a Federal Coalition

Opinion

David Crosbie, Tuesday, 30th April 2013 -  A Federal Coalition Government would restructure the Australian Charities and Not for profit Commission into a smaller educative and training body returning its regulatory powers to the ATO and ASIC after the election. Kevin Andrews the Shadow Minister for Families, Housing and Human Services outlined his plans in a speech to the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney recently.

Productivity Commission – Final Report on Not for Profit Sector

David Crosbie, Thursday, 11th February 2010 -  Special report: There is a need for wide-­ranging reforms to remove unnecessary burdens and costs faced by the not-for-profit sector and improve its accountability, according to the final report of the Productivity Commission.

Report on Disclosure Regimes for Not for Profits Released

David Crosbie, Monday, 15th December 2008 -  An Australian Minister for the Third Sector and a single independent regulator for Not for Profit organisations are just some of the far reaching recommendations of the report by the Senate inquiry into disclosure regimes for charities and Not for Profit organisations.

Calls for Urgent Charity Reform

David Crosbie, Friday, 25th June 2004 -  Significant reform and streamlining of Australia’s Not for Profit laws and regulations is urgently needed according to Robert Fitzgerald, the Chair of the National Roundtable of Nonprofit Organisations.

School Building Funds & Tax Deductions

David Crosbie, Monday, 7th June 2004 -  Demands for parents to pay into school building funds are often thinly disguised tax abuses and should be reined in by the Australian Taxation Office, according to the public interest think tank The Australia Institute.

Government Decides on Charity Definition

David Crosbie, Friday, 13th September 2002 -  The Federal Government has decided to enact a legislative definition of 'charity' and to adopt a majority of the 2001 Inquiry recommendations.

Not For Profit ‘Peak Body’! To Be or Not to Be?

David Crosbie, Monday, 12th November 2001 -  Does Australia’s large and diverse third sector need a Peak Body to represent ALL its interests and provide a point of reference for ALL Government interaction and liaison?

Charity Inquiry – Special Report

David Crosbie, Monday, 3rd September 2001 -  The long awaited report by the Federal Government’s Charity Inquiry Committee recommends a new definition of charity to be set down in legislation and to operate within a framework of three distinct categories.

A Definition of Charity – 400 years on

David Crosbie, Monday, 25th September 2000 -  The Federal Government has set up an inquiry to review the 400-year old definition of what constitutes a charity!
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