Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

Perhaps I can put my answer this way. The nature of a non-government organisation is pretty broad so I will just put it in the context of the intent. An NGO would be affected if it was the community government council. So, if the NGO is a community government council, an incorporated association delivering services in the community or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation it will be affected. The reason I say that is that there are, as you would be aware, Senator, quite a complex set of governance arrangements. Those arrangements relate to NGOs if the NGO is a community government council or acts as a community government council, is an incorporated association or is incorporated as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation and is operating within one of the prescribed communities.