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Rebooting the ACNC

David Crosbie, Thursday, 30th June 2022 - When it comes to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission, what is needed now is not wholesale changes to what was a very successful organisation, but a reset of culture…

David Locke to Lead Australian Financial Complaints Authority

Wendy Williams, Friday, 15th June 2018 - The assistant commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission, David Locke, is stepping down from his role to head up a new “one-shop stop complaints resolution…

Toolkit Encourages Charities to Regulate the Regulator

Wendy Williams, Monday, 21st May 2018 - UK umbrella body, The Directory of Social Change, has issued a new toolkit encouraging organisations to question the national charity regulator’s political independence. The …

In Conversation: Dr Gary Johns

Wendy Haigh, Thursday, 15th March 2018 - Dr Gary Johns is the commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). He was appointed to take over the role in December 2017, in a move that sparked…

Controversial Head of Kenya’s Charity Regulator Resigns

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 28th February 2018 - The controversial head of Kenya’s national charity regulator, Fazul Mahamed, has resigned. Mahamed, whose three year tenure as the chief executive of Non Governmental Organisations…

Charity Regulators Should Not Assume That Donors Always Know Best

Krystian Seibert, Tuesday, 12th December 2017 - Donors play a critical role supporting Australian charities, but we should not attribute them with more knowledge than they actually have, writes Krystian Seibert in this article…

Who is Gary Johns?

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 7th December 2017 - On Thursday it was announced that Dr Gary Johns would be the new commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) for a five-year period. In announcing…

Annual Reporting for DGRs Will Reduce Red Tape Burden – FIA

Lina Caneva, Friday, 4th August 2017 - Annual one-stop reporting to the national charity regulator for organisations with deductible gift recipient status (DGRs) would reduce red tape burden, according to peak body…

Transparency + Trust = ACNC

Karen Mahlab AM, Tuesday, 6th June 2017 - The recent move against the ACNC is cause for concern, writes Pro Bono Australia founder Karen Mahlab in her latest blog. As many of you know, the Australian Charities and Not for Profits…

Get Rid of Secrecy Provisions, Charity Regulator Says

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 15th March 2017 - The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission wants to see secrecy provisions that prevent it from revealing details about charity wrongdoings removed in this year’s…

388 Aussie Charities Revoked, 400 Warned

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 21st October 2014 - The Australian charity regulator has revoked the charity status of another 388 organisations after failing to make contact with them, and has warned another 400 that they could face…

Few Options on ACNC Submissions

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 26th August 2014 - The Federal Government has received some 88 submissions on its Options Paper for the replacement of the charity regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission…

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