Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2025

The Australian Government is considering a bill to amend superannuation and related tax laws, including a provision to grant Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status to Equality Australia through direct legislative intervention. AACS has made a submission to the Senate Committee examining the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025, raising significant concerns about the proposed DGR listing.

Our submission focuses on three key concerns:

1. Equality Australia has previously been assessed by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and the Full Court of the Federal Court as not meeting the requirements for DGR-endorsed status — granting that status by legislative exception risks undermining the integrity of the established regulatory framework.
2. Conferring tax-deductible status on an organisation that actively advocates for the removal of religious freedom protections would provide a publicly subsidised advantage to advocacy directed against the legal foundations on which Christian schools operate.
3. Bypassing independent regulatory processes through legislation sets a concerning precedent for how DGR status may be sought and granted in future.

AACS has urged the Committee to remove the provision from the Bill.

Read our submission here.