Dec 1, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
The court swept aside Australian Taxation Office restrictions on charities’ advocacy work, pronouncing that such campaigning could itself be a charitable activity entitling tax deductibility — as long as it was intended for public benefit. This opens the...
Dec 1, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Wednesday’s decision overturns a lower court ruling in favour of the Australian Taxation Office.The ATO had argued successfully that Aid/Watch’s lobbying activities meant its main purpose was political and that it could not be categorised as a charitable...
Dec 1, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
The fight broke out four years ago, when the Commissioner of Taxation ruled that Aid/Watch wasn’t entitled to the tax exempt status enjoyed by charities because it engaged in political activity. Since then a series of courts have considered the matter,...
Nov 30, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Aid/Watch and Maurice Blackburn lawyers say the decision (Aid/Watch incorporate v Commissioner of Taxation 2010), has enormous implications not just for Aid/Watch but for any charity that seeks to influence government policy in the public interest.The four-year legal...
Nov 22, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, SUPPORT
People & Planet is published by a partnership of 37 Australian social justice and environment organisations, and raises funds for the work of these organisations in promoting a just, sustainable world.Support AID/WATCH by buying a copy of the People & Planet...
Nov 17, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Kalimantan is part of Indonesia which is one of the world’s largest carbon emitters because of logging, forest fires and the drying out of peat swamps.During his recent trip to the country, US president Barack Obama promised $700 million for climate change and...
