CLAANZ 2022 Conference Agenda – Friday 29 July

Charity Regulation in Australia and New Zealand: 10 Years On

Time Topic
8.45 - 9.00 Registration and tea/coffee
9.00 - 9.15 Welcome, acknowledgment of country and safety

Open CLAANZ Conference
9.15 - 10.15 First peoples and charity law
10.15 - 11.30 Reflections from Minister Andrew Leigh MP

Reflections from administrator and sector perspectives
11.30 - 11.45 Morning Tea
11.45 - 12.30 Change and Charity Law: How well does the conceptual architecture of the law of charity respond to social, economic and cultural change – and how might it be changed to better respond?

  • PBIs
  • Advancement of Education
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
1.30 - 2.30 Challenges in the exercise of charity regulation administrative discretions
  • Speaker 1: Jenny Beard, introducing the theory and high level principles bearing on the exercise, control and review of discretionary powers by administrative authorities in the Australian federation
  • Speaker 2: Anna Longley, to discuss the practical implications of these principles for decision-making in the ACNC
  • Speaker 3: Angela Lee, to discuss how administrative decisions are challenged and reviewed in Australian federal law
2.30 - 3.15 ATO and NFP regulation: Self-assessment of Div. 50 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997:
  • Budget Announcements, ACNC Review and the link to these NFP (non-charity tax exempt entities)
  • The Div. 50 ITAA 1997 reforms
  • General observations
  • Speaker 1:Emeritus Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes OAM
  • Speaker 2: Dr Matthew Turnour (Director and Chairman, Neumann & Turnour Lawyers)
  • Speaker 3: Dr Natalie Silver (Senior Lecturer, Sydney University)
3.15 - 3.30 Afternoon Tea
3.30 - 4.10 Governance I: Conflicts of interest & post-charity establishment matters
4.10 - 4.15 Short break
4.15 - 5.00 Governance II: Cultural change/ compliance burden and effective pursuit of purpose 
5.00 Close

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