Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Adviser Misconduct and Other Measures) Bill 2026

Senator BROCKMAN (Western Australia—Deputy President and Chair of Committees) (17:39): I wish to rise on this matter. Far from expanding the number of charities covered by DGR status, in fact, there are a number of supposed charities that should lose their charity status altogether—organisations such as Animals Australia, which paid $140,000 to a deckhand on the Awassi Express in order to close down ventilation.

This is all on the public record in a statutory declaration from one of his shipmates. Animals Australia paid $140,000 to cause animal suffering and then used that as the political wedge to close down the live export industry. Far from expanding this category, those organisations, particularly Animals Australia, should lose their charity status altogether.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR ( Senator Ghosh ): The question is that amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 3997, moved by the Australian Greens, be agreed to.