Charities hopeful as Labor pledges to remove ‘gag clauses’ banning groups from political advocacy
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#60JYQ)
Sector breaths sigh of relief' as Albanese government tries different approach to Coalition's combative attitude
The charities sector says it is breathing a sigh of relief" after new Labor minister Andrew Leigh's pledge to scrap gag clauses which restricted non-profits from speaking about public policy.
Leigh, the assistant minister for charities and Treasury, said the federal government wanted to encourage social, legal and environmental charities to give feedback on policies - calling the former Coalition government's opposite stance an attack on democracy".
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