Charities Amendment (Charitable Purpose) Bill 2017

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Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) introduced a bill for an act to amend the Charities Act 1978 to exclude the advancement of religion as a charitable purpose, to amend the Duties Act 2000, the Payroll Tax Act 2007 and the Land Tax Act 2005, and for other purposes.

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Fiona Patten is the founder and leader of the Reason Party and a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan region. She came to politics after 20 years of lobbying for the rights of organisations involved in the sexual rights movement – including small businesses, sex workers, HIV/AIDS organisations, adult media and online anti-censorship groups. Before that she was an established independent fashion designer with her own label called Body Politics.

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