Anne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senators Wong, Xenophon, Muir and Siewert, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Australian Charities and Not for profits Commission enjoys strong support from the charity sector, with over 80 per cent of respondents to Pro Bono Australia's annual State of the Not for Profit Sector surveys agreeing it is critical to a well functioning not for profit sector,

(ii) the Commission saves charities approximately $120 million a year in reduced compliance costs, freeing up resources to spend on helping the community,

(iii) the Government's plans to abolish the Commission are creating uncertainty in the charities sector and leading to high staff turnover within the Commission, and

(iv) the Minister for Social Services(Mr Morrison) has admitted he has no immediate plans to progress the legislation to give effect to the abolition of the Commission; and

(b) calls on the Government to withdraw the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission(Repeal)(No. 1) Bill 2014 to provide certainty to Australia's charities.

Notice of motion altered on 23 June 2015 pursuant to standing order 77.

Question agreed to.