Time for a National Not For Profit Regulator

Response to Review of the Associations Act

On 29 April 2005 Minister for Consumer Affairs Marsha Thomson released the interim report for the review of the Associations Act 1981.

The Case for Reform

We need a single national regulatory regime for not for profits to be enforced by an adequately resourced regulator that understands the specific needs of the full range of not-for-profit organisations (in our case, one with a large membership base).

Woodward Report

The Executive Summary of Woodward & Marshall: ‘A Better Framework: reforming not-for-profit regulation’ 2004 summarises many of the issues that need resolution.