Last month the charity status was stripped from Aussie Farms, which has similar aims to Vegan Rising. The group had been registered with the purpose of preventing or relieving the suffering of animals.
LAUREN FERRI: ‘A vegan activist group who caused traffic to come to a standstill in Melbourne in April has had its charity status revoked… Thirty-eight people were arrested for obstructing a roadway and resisting or obstructing police. Similar protests were also staged at regional Victorian abattoirs…
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission on Tuesday revoked Vegan Rising’s charity tax concessions and registration, which it has held since September 2017. The group had been registered with the purpose of preventing or relieving the suffering of animals.
ACNC Commissioner Dr Gary Johns said revocation of a charity’s registration was reserved for the most serious of cases… Although the revocation is displayed on the charity register, the ACNC is prevented from publishing the findings from the investigation… They also cannot reveal the the nature of the concerns raised due to secrecy provisions in its governing laws…
Vegan Rising’s website describes the organisation as having one objective – ‘to help create a vegan world’. Last month the charity status was stripped from Aussie Farms, which has similar aims to Vegan Rising’. SOURCE…
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