Why are Australian taxpayers subsidising vegan extremists who have been terrorising Australian farmers and are disrupting Australian cities? It’s bad enough that so many Australians have to endure being threatened and bullied by these malnourished nutters, but rewarding them with our tax money just adds insult to injury.
Activists responsible for bringing Melbourne to a standstill earlier this year have been warned they could be stripped of their charitable status for promoting unlawful activity.
Charities Minister Zed Seselja said he had “serious concerns” that activist organisation Aussie Farms could undermine public trust in established charities like the St Vincent de Paul Society and has referred Aussie Farms to Charities Commissioner Gary Johns who has the power to strip non government organisations of their special tax status.
“I support charities advocating for causes they believe in but when groups are promoting unlawful activity, they are stepping over the line,” Senator Seselja told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
“Charities like Vinnies [the St Vincent de Paul Society] and the Salvos [Salvation Army] and many others do amazing work selflessly caring for those in need. It is offensive they are given the same legal status as groups inciting criminal activity.”
Unfortunately, this is yet another example of how the Long March left have steadily white-anted our public institutions and ‘progressively’ stacked laws in their favour. Instead of being reserved for organisations that help the poor and the needy, “charitable status” has been deliberately widened to include everything from “human rights”, to environmental activism to vegan extremists. In other words, Australian taxpayers are forced to pay for the political left’s hobby-horses.
Charitable status is offered to not-for-profit groups, including religious organisations, homeless shelters, disability service groups, universities, animal welfare groups and artistic groups.
The tax classification allows registered organisations to qualify for tax concessions, including allowing donors to claim their contributions as tax-deductible gifts.
The Morrison government has already moved to bring Aussie Farms under the Privacy Act, exposing the organisation to major fines.
Last week, it passed anti-farm trespass laws through the House of Representatives…
[Aussie Farms] has promised to continue its campaign against factory farming which includes the publication of an online map of every farm and abattoir in Australia, raiding slaughter houses across the country. It brought Melbourne’s CBD to a halt in May this year with a sit-in demonstration.
theage.com.au/politics/federal/offensive-vegan-vigilantes-warned-they-could-lose-charitable-status
Perhaps the government ought to make it a requirement that the directors and members of such organisations should be forced to place their home addresses on the public record. It would be interesting to see how much extremists like “Aussie Farms” like having their homes and workplaces raided.