Wednesday 24 June, online. 1-2pm AEST / 11am-12pm AWST / 3-4pm NZST
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This webinar was an opportunity for those of you advising charities and not-for-profits to hear directly from the Australian Taxation Office about its payday superannuation measure (to commence on 1 July) and other key requirements about superannuation relevant to charities and not-for-profits. Thank you to presenter Emma Rosenzweig, Deputy Commissioner, ATO.
Thursday 23 - Friday 24 July 2026, Sydney and online.
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The 2026 conference will explore Towards Solutions: Pressing Issues in Charity Law and will be held over 1.5 days, commencing after lunch on Thursday 23 July with a dinner following the AGM that evening, and continuing to Friday 24 July for a full day.
A big thank you to Gilbert + Tobin for hosting us at their Barangaroo offices. Proceedings will be live-streamed for those around Australia and in New Zealand. We will also have three NZ hubs to gather at and access the livestream from: Christchurch and Auckland (Parry Field Lawyers offices) and Wellington (MoranLaw office). Thank you to these firms for hosting.
We're delighted that Darren Fittler from Gilbert + Tobin will deliver a keynote focussing on a number of pressing issues in charity law. There will also be panels discussing pressing legal and regulatory issues facing charities and their advisors, including compliance, AI, taxation, gifts and bequests, mergers and restructures.
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As part of our ongoing Key Cases Series, CLAANZ held a webinar on several key cases from 2025 and 2026 with Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes (QUT), Rebecca Lambert-Smith (Moores) and Caleb Simmons (Prolegis). Sari Baird, CLAANZ Director, chaired the discussion.
Cases discussed were:
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As part of our Key Cases Series, CLAANZ held a special webinar on the recent Supreme Court of Queensland decision, The Presbyterian Church of Queensland v Catalyst Carina SPV Pty Ltd & Anor [2025] QSC 255.
This case concerned debts arising out of the financing of aged care facilities in Queensland, where issues were raised by the receivers including the existence of charitable trusts, breach of trustee duties and unconscionable conduct.
Chris Mills (Neumann & Turnour Lawyers), Anne Robinson (Prolegis Lawyers) and Elizabeth Shalders (Mills Oakley) discussed the decision and its implications.
In order to ensure value for membership and to continue to provide high quality online events, we will be introducing a small fee for webinar tickets for non-members. Our new ticketing model for each webinar will be the following:
For Australians
Members: Free
Non-members: A$55 (GST inclusive)
Student or concession non-members: A$30 (GST inclusive)
For New Zealanders
Members: Free
Non-members: A$50 (GST exclusive)
Student or concession non-members: A$25 (GST exclusive)
Members will have received their code to access complimentary tickets.
As always, we work to ensure our events are accessible to everyone, regardless of personal circumstances. If you are experiencing hardship and would still like to attend, please contact us.
Please note - if you are seeking legal representation or advice: This is not a law firm and we are therefore unable to provide any legal advice, nor are we able to recommend any law firms. These sites may be of assistance to you: Australian Bar Association; Australian Pro Bono Centre; Australian Law Societies.