Global Citizen and ACNC – Public Benevolent Institution Decision

The AAT recently determined that a charity can be a public benevolent institution (with a purpose of relieving poverty) where that charity pursues its purpose by way of a holistic range of education, advocacy and lobbying activities designed to elicit financial commitments and policy changes from governments and philanthropists. This represents a large shift from the current practice. Speakers included:

• Jennifer Batrouney AM QC, Victorian Bar
• Angela Lee, Victorian Bar
• Myles McGregor-Lowndes, QUT
• Murray Baird 
• Alex Milner, Milner + Huang
• Professor Matthew Harding, The University of Melbourne (Chair)