ACNC News

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has revoked the charity registration of Devonport Community Church following an investigation.

As new data is launched for Scams Awareness Week, ACNC Commissioner Dr Gary Johns is urging the public to beware of fake charity scams.

As part of the Modernising Business Registers program, directors of charities that are a company, a registered Australian body, or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation will need to apply for a Director Identification Number (director ID).

Self-audits are one of several compliance initiatives introduced by the ACNC in the 2020-21 financial year.

The head of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission says significant achievements in a year of change and uncertainty are set out in the ACNC annual report, tabled in Parliament today.

It is Charity Fraud Awareness week, an annual, international campaign that aims to stop charity fraud. As we start to emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic a key theme of the campaign is that it is more important than ever for the sector to come together, share resources and stop charity fraud.

On 17 September 2021, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal handed down a decision in the matter of Global Citizen Limited and the Commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

In recent reviews, the ACNC has found five charities that received significant donations in response to the 2019-20 bushfires acted appropriately.

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has revoked the registrations of 420 Australian charities that have failed to submit two or more required Annual Information Statements.

A charity based in the Northern Territory and another in Queensland are making the most of a new opportunity to showcase their programs and program locations on the ACNC Charity Register.