10/16/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/16/2023 22:56
The AICD supports targeted measures to improve the transparency of decision-making by the ACNC. However, the AICD has significant concerns with the proposed changes that would provide the ACNC Commissioner (Commissioner) with broad discretion to disclose new and ongoing investigations.
In particular, the AICD considered that the proposed changes could prejudice a charity's access to natural justice, pose serious long term reputation risks and result in negative impacts on the viability of charity that has been subject to disclosure. The changes would also limit an impacted charity's access to procedural fairness and has few checks on the Commissioner's discretion.
To address these concerns the AICD recommended: