Australian Christian Lobby received JobKeeper despite revenue surge | benschneiders
in JobKeeper subsidies after reporting surging revenue and profits. A further $14.5 million paid to its privately owned franchisees was not repaid.
The Australian Christian Lobby, which describes its task as to “see Christian principles and ethics accepted and influencing the way we are governed”, received the JobKeeper income while its revenue increased by more than 12 per cent for the 2019-20 financial year to $5.8 million. Revenue also increased in the following financial year. It had 27 employees at the time, 14 of whom were full-time.
Left-leaning think tank the Australia Institute, which had 27 staff, confirmed it received JobKeeper even though its revenue barely changed in 2019-20. Its accounts said it had received $248,000 in “Australian government stimulus” but would not say how much of that was JobKeeper. “We had to cancel key revenue-raising events,” a spokeswoman said. “We have also lost revenue partnerships, resulting in significant financial impact. JobKeeper has been important to manage this impact.” ACOSS also received an undisclosed amount of JobKeeper in the following financial year.Other groups to receive payments include not-for-profit business lobbyist the Australian Industry Group, whose revenue slipped 6 per cent, less than the 30 per cent threshold. It received $1.
The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry received $1.7 million in JobKeeper as revenue at the not-for-profit dipped 8 per cent, also less than the 30 per cent threshold. Chief executive Paul Guerra defended receiving the payments as “our revenue experienced a downturn”.
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