Staff Reporter, Friday, 20th January 2017 - Controversial Christian organisation Catch the Fire Ministries lost its charitable status due to its close links to a political party. Krystian Seibert, Philanthropy Australia…
Professor Ann O'Connell, Thursday, 22nd October 2015 - Dear Prime Minister, for the sake of the Not for Profit sector, please announce that your government does not intend to abolish the charity regulator, writes Professor Ann O’Connell,…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th July 2014 - The Federal Government’s Options Paper on the replacement of the charity regulator suggests that the Government has already made up its mind and, as with the decision to abolish…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 27th May 2014 - Is the outcome of the Senate inquiry into the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Repeal) (No 1) Bill 2014 just a foregone conclusion, asks Professor Ann O’Connell,…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th March 2014 -
Two senior law academics have warned of the possible unintended consequences of the Federal Coalition’s plans to abolish the charity regulator and repeal the new Charities…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 25th February 2014 -
A report into charity tax concessions that was buried after the Gillard Government lost office has been released under Freedom of Information and includes a call for the extension…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 7th January 2014 - How much evidence has there been that the ACNC has been a tyrannical bureaucrat and will its abolition weaken charity regulation, asks University of Melbourne Professor of Law Ann…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th May 2012 - This article is by Ann O'Connell, a member of the Not-For-Profit Project at the Melbourne Law School and member of the NFP Tax Reform Working Group, and published by The Conversation…