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Corporate governance is a broad, dynamic domain and touches on many aspects of the whole-of-entity life cycle; playing a significant role in the success or demise of any business concern. Through our blog, we hope to share with you our industry insights and experiences in all aspects of social enterprise and charity law and practice, as well as our corporate governance commentary, opinion pieces and advice applicable to social, private and public firms alike.
Through the crucible
The latest Hillsong church scandal involves an attempted whistleblowing attempt through a Federal Parliamentarian in which concerned alleged fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. When an existing protected disclosure avenue already exists, why wasn’t it used? And when churches like Hillsong in Australia are registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, why wasn’t the disclosure made to them?
In this Insights article, we explore the charitable whistleblowing problem in Australia and what solutions may exist to ensure it doesn’t happen again.