Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24403186 (200153ZMAR26) Notable: The Labor Government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled.
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Charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements untouchable, Labor says
The Labor Government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled.
The Albanese government has rejected a proposal to strip tax-deductible status from Australian charities found to be supporting illegal occupations, amid mounting scrutiny over donations flowing to Israeli settlements and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
MWM has identified 5 charities either sending money to the IDF or to parties associated with illegal West Bank settlements in Occupied Palestine.
The proposed amendment, introduced by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi, would explicitly bar organisations from receiving deductible gift recipient (DGR) status if they are found to have supported an “illegal occupation”.
“The fact that people are sending money to support the war crimes of the Israeli military and to expand illegal, violent settlements in the West Bank is bad enough, but that Australian taxpayers are subsidising these settlements is completely outrageous,” Faruqi said.
Supporting these heinous crimes deserves investigation, not a tax deduction.
The amendment, circulated in the Senate as part of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025, would insert a new provision into the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 denying DGR endorsement to any entity that has “advocated, prepared, planned, assisted in, financed, fostered, supported … or contributed to the establishment, maintenPost too long. Click here to view the full text.
