Australian Senate considers inquiry into tax exemptions for religious organisations - Part 1/2

The Australian Senate considers an inquiry into the tax exempt status of religious organisations, such as Scientology. Senators contributing to the debate:

Nick Xenophon (Independent, South Australia)
Chris Evans (Labor, Western Australia)
Eric Abetz (Liberal, Tasmania)
Christine Milne (Greens, Tasmania)

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News & Politics

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• 'Australian
• Senate'
• Scientology
• Xenophon
• Tax-exempt

[trentable]

The church of Scientology = church of tax exceptions. 

[1929spectre]

,that run "charitable" institutions to gain tax relief on there huge financial holdings worldwide be tax exempt ? the threat is we lose our tax exemption our charities close, depriving the poor and needy of help ? the children that were abused in catholic institutions were the poor and needy ? but of course the catholic and protestant churches have powerful friends who can help define "dangerous " cults ? in many cases these dangerous cults just taught doctrines that the churches disagreed with

[1929spectre]

hypocrites look at what the catholic church has done with its tax exempt status ? ran childrens institutions ? yes you know where i am going with this ? and whenever anyone in government threatens to tax the wealthy churches ,we here the children will suffer ?the poor will suffer ? its a threat ? tax those wealthy churches that have huge assetts all tax free ?