OFFICIAL

 

Thank you for your email.  

Important

o If you have questions about changes to income tax exemption for
not-for-profits, please read our [1]guidance for organisations that
have been self-assessing as income tax exempt before we respond.

 

o If your organisation is already registered as a charity with the ACNC,
you are not affected by these changes and do not need to take action.

 

What to expect next 

·          If your email was a general enquiry, we aim to respond as soon
as possible. 

·          If you submitted a concern about a charity, we only contact you
if we need more information about your concern. See [2]more about how we
address concerns about a charity. 

·          If your email is feedback or a complaint about the ACNC, we aim
to respond within 20 business days. 

·          If you submitted a form on behalf of a charity, we will only
contact you if we need more information to process it. 

 

For more information refer to [3]our service commitment. 

 

Kind regards,

 

Advice Services

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)   

T 13 22 62 | E [4][Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission request email]  |  W [5]www.acnc.gov.au

 

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OFFICIAL
Dear FOI Applicant,
  
We refer to your correspondence of 16 September 2025 seeking access, to
documents held by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
(ACNC), under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
 
We have taken your request to be for copies of complaints, dated 7 October
2023 through to 16 September 2025, against registered charities for
promoting or encouraging the war in Gaza.
 
Please consider this email to be acknowledgement of your request for the
purposes of section 15(5)(a) of the FOI Act.
 
Please note Division 150 of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits
Commission Act 2012 (Cth) (ACNC Act) outline strict secrecy provisions.
Due to the operation of these provisions we can usually only disclose the
information the ACNC obtains about a specific entity to that entity’s
responsible persons or authorised persons. There are limited exceptions,
and the FOI Act does not override these provisions.
 
It is your right to continue with this FOI request. However, because of
operation of Division 150, it is unlikely we will be able to provide you
with any documents which the ACNC may hold within the scope of your
request.
 
If you would like to discuss the effect of Division 150 of the ACNC Act on
your request in further detail, please let us know. Alternatively, please
let us know, by reply email, if you would prefer to withdraw your request.
 
 
If you choose to continue with your request, under the FOI Act, we must
make a decision within 30 days. You should expect a decision from us by 16
October 2025. The period of 30 days may be extended in limited situations.
 
The FOI Act provides that charges can be applied for access to some
information. This is unlikely to occur, but if it does you will be
notified before we process any of the documents you have requested or
impose a final charge.
 
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on our [1]FOI Disclosure Log. Some information, including
personal information, will usually not be published.
 
We will contact you using the email address you provided, unless you
advise otherwise.
 
Yours sincerely,

ACNC FOI Team

E [2][email address]  |  W [3]www.acnc.gov.au

The ACNC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout
Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our
respects to them and their cultures and elders past and present.

OFFICIAL
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Thank you for your email. 
We will respond as soon as we can. 
If you have emailed a new FOI request, we are committed to meeting our FOI
Act obligation to acknowledge your request within 14 days. If you have not
heard from us within that timeframe, please contact us on 13 22 62 so that
we can provide you with an update on your request. 

ACNC FOI

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission     

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OFFICIAL
Dear Applicant,
 
The operation of Division 150 of the ACNC Act means that it is an offence
for an ACNC officer to disclose information that relates to the affairs of
any specific charity – or any charity which the information is reasonably
capable of identifying – to a member of the public, apart from information
that is published on the [1]Charity Register.
 
Any request under the FOI Act for documents relating to ACNC
investigations is likely to be impacted by Division 150 of the ACNC Act.
Furthermore, documents relating to investigations may be exempt from
disclosure under the FOI Act pursuant to section 37 of that legislation.
 
Yours sincerely,

 

ACNC FOI Team

E [2][email address]  |  W [3]www.acnc.gov.au

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Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our
respects to them and their cultures and elders past and present.

OFFICIAL

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From: Foifoi Mcgee <[FOI #13662 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2025 7:12 PM
To: foi <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information Request - FOI2026Q1R13
 
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Dear foi,

If I changed the request to documents of investigations carried out by the
ACNC on charities either encouraging or promoting the war in Gaza, would
that lead to a different result?

Yours sincerely,

Foifoi Mcgee

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OFFICIAL

 Dear FOI Applicant,

 We refer to your correspondence of 16 September 2025 seeking access, to

 documents held by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission

 (ACNC), under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

 We have taken your request to be for copies of complaints, dated 7
October

 2023 through to 16 September 2025, against registered charities for

 promoting or encouraging the war in Gaza.

 Please consider this email to be acknowledgement of your request for the

 purposes of section 15(5)(a) of the FOI Act.

 Please note Division 150 of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits

 Commission Act 2012 (Cth) (ACNC Act) outline strict secrecy provisions.

 Due to the operation of these provisions we can usually only disclose the

 information the ACNC obtains about a specific entity to that entity’s

 responsible persons or authorised persons. There are limited exceptions,

 and the FOI Act does not override these provisions.

 It is your right to continue with this FOI request. However, because of

 operation of Division 150, it is unlikely we will be able to provide you

 with any documents which the ACNC may hold within the scope of your

 request.

 If you would like to discuss the effect of Division 150 of the ACNC Act
on

 your request in further detail, please let us know. Alternatively, please

 let us know, by reply email, if you would prefer to withdraw your
request.

 If you choose to continue with your request, under the FOI Act, we must

 make a decision within 30 days. You should expect a decision from us by
16

 October 2025. The period of 30 days may be extended in limited
situations.

 The FOI Act provides that charges can be applied for access to some

 information. This is unlikely to occur, but if it does you will be

 notified before we process any of the documents you have requested or

 impose a final charge.

 Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be

 published online on our [1]FOI Disclosure Log. Some information,
including

 personal information, will usually not be published.

 We will contact you using the email address you provided, unless you

 advise otherwise.

 Yours sincerely,

 ACNC FOI Team

 E [2][email address]  |  W [3]www.acnc.gov.au

 The ACNC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout

 Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our

 respects to them and their cultures and elders past and present.

 OFFICIAL

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