Coalition’s planned crackdown on charities should be scrapped, Liberal-led committee finds

Proposed changes threaten free speech and give regulator overly broad powers, committee says

The Coalition’s planned crackdown on charities and not-for-profits threatens free speech, gives the regulator overly broad powers, and should be scrapped, a Liberal-chaired parliamentary committee has found.

The government this year announced major changes for charities, that would give the regulator significant power to investigate and deregister organisations that engaged in or promoted a range of minor offences, including trespass, threatening behaviour, and vandalism.

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