Religious group says it has complied with the charities regulator’s rules about political campaigning
Australian Christian Lobby flyers targeting moderate Liberals who crossed the floor to amend the religious discrimination bill to protect LGBTIQ+ people have prompted complaints to the charities regulator that argue the material breaches rules on political campaigning.
The Australian Christian Lobby is a registered charity, reporting income in the last financial year of close to $9m. The Australianand Not-for-profit Commission has set up rules about what political work charities can undertake in the election. While charities can campaign on an issue, it must not be seen to be promoting or opposing a particular political party or candidate.
If an investigation is launched, the first step would be to bring the charity back into compliance, but where serious breaches have occurred and the ACNC’s concerns are not adequately addressed, the charity status can be revoked. “There is no complaint from the ACNC, they’ve looked at the material. We’re not telling anybody how to vote, and we wouldn’t. We’re revealing how different members of parliament voted, it can work in their favour or against them.”
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trevor Noah: ‘Without Netflix, there’s no Netflix and chill’Late-night hosts discuss ominous numbers for Netflix, 4/20 shenanigans, and Ted Cruz’s bizarre criticism of Disney opposing Florida’s don’t say gay law
Read more »
Biden: Republicans’ Disney vote shows ‘far right has taken over party’Florida lawmakers vote to strip company of its self-governing power for opposing Governor Ron DeSantis’s ‘don’t say gay’ law
Read more »
One in three Chinese-Australians suffer discrimination due to their heritage, report says'These numbers are the legacy of the early onset of COVID in 2020, [which] really had an impact on how Chinese-Australians have fared in terms of discrimination and racism over the last few years.'
Read more »
Labor MP defends opposing boat turnbacks
Read more »
Polling Council rejects Liberal complaint against Climate 200 pollsExclusive: The Australian Polling Council has dismissed complaints about polling conducted for Climate 200 and its associated candidates after Liberals accused two research firms of push polling | michaelkoziol
Read more »
Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton referred to police over federal election nominationThe Australian Electoral Commission refers former One Nation senator Rod Culleton to the Australian Federal Police to determine if he lied in nominating for the coming federal election.
Read more »