Letter to Australian Prime Minister on charitable status of environmental organisations

Friends of the Earth International calls on the Australian Prime Minister to reject a House of Representatives Inquiry report that proposes restricting the activities and charitable status of environmental advocacy groups. The organization argues that the report's recommendations—including spending requirements for remediation and limits on advocacy—would create unnecessary burdens and undermine the role of civil society in addressing the global environmental crisis.

• The House of Representatives Inquiry into the charitable status of environmental organisations failed to find evidence that would justify stripping any environmental group of its charitable status.
• The inquiry report includes recommendations that Friends of the Earth International describes as flawed and dangerous, specifically an arbitrary requirement for charities to spend 25% of donor funds on 'environmental remediation', limits on the volume of advocacy permitted, and the potential for 'administrative sanctions' against groups that support or promote unlawful activity.

APA

Munić, J. (2016). Letter to Australian Prime Minister on charitable status of environmental organisations. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/letter-to-australian-prime-minister-on-charitable-status-of-environmental-organisations/

Chicago

Munić, Jagoda. Letter to Australian Prime Minister on charitable status of environmental organisations. Friends of the Earth International, 2016. https://www.foei.org/letter-to-australian-prime-minister-on-charitable-status-of-environmental-organisations/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{muni2016letter, author = {Munić, Jagoda}, title = {{Letter to Australian Prime Minister on charitable status of environmental organisations}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2016}, month = may, url = {https://www.foei.org/letter-to-australian-prime-minister-on-charitable-status-of-environmental-organisations/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }