Productivity Commission Review of Philanthropy
Submission overview
This submission was made to raise awareness of the specific concerns of animal welfare charities in relation to existing charity regulation and its effect on philanthropic giving in Australia. It is made on behalf of a coalition of seven of Australia’s leading animal welfare charities, being the Australian Alliance for Animals, Companion Animal Network Australia, FOUR PAWS Australia, Animals Australia, Humane Society International Australia, World Animal Protection Australia and Voiceless, the animal protection institute.
We commend the positive action of the government in instigating this inquiry and support moves to review the outdated standards and irregularities of current laws, build philanthropic giving and identify opportunities to grow this giving further to enhance charitable work.
We are united, willing and ready as a sector to work with the government to help improve charity regulation to create an environment for philanthropic giving which reflects the values and expectations of the Australian community, reduces the burden on donors and charities, and enables animal welfare and other charities to focus their efforts on doing the most good.
Please direct any correspondence in relation to this submission to Dr Bidda Jones (connect@allianceforanimals.org.au)
Read our submission
In this submission, a coalition of 7 leading animal welfare charities outline the opportunities to increase philanthropy in the animal welfare sector and put forward the case for extending tax concessions to animal welfare charities.