Sisters Of St Joseph Of The Sacred Heart support Albanese's misinformation laws- Sisters continue practise of seeking donations without any record of how monies raised is spent

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

                                                         

As previously reported on this blog, The Sisters Of St Joseph Of The Sacred Heart have, under the pretext of protesting what they see as misinformation about the Voice Referendum,called for misinformation laws of the type proposed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Labor Government.


In their words: 

Strangely, there is no federal law that bans untruthful or misleading political advertising, a situation that is supporting the level of disinformation that is abroad and which feeds wild and fearful claims that appear on social media.

Meanwhile they continue to seek donations from the public, without providing any information on how the funds raised have been spent.

Apart from their own organistaion  the Sisters also solicit on their website donations for another charity, Mary McKillop Today. Financial statements are provided by the persons in charge of that charity. It is interesting to note that the Sisters provided a donation of AUD 2 Million to that charity in the year ended 30 June 2022: 


During the year, the Company made payments totaling $75,067 (2021: $75,385) to the Sisters of St Joseph relating to strata fees, property outgoings, insurance and phone and stipends.





The notes to the accounts state :


Mary MacKillop Today aims to ensure all people can realise their dignity through life long learning. We achieve this through teacher training and parent education, health literacy and community-based rehabilitation, and vocational training programs in Peru, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. From 1 July 2018, Mary MacKillop International and Mary MacKillop Foundation joined together to form Mary MacKillop Today, the new flagship ministry of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Mary MacKillop Today will continue to work alongside people and communities in Papua New Guinea, Peru, Fiji and Timor-Leste, while also supporting vulnerable Australians through our First Nations Scholarships, Community Grants and Financial Inclusion programs. 


The Notes also state:


5 Financial Sustainability 

5.4 Develop and finalise a funding arrangement with the Sister of Saint Joseph. 


It does appear from the above that the Sisters intend the Mary McKillop Today charity to be an external arm, seed funded out of their own resources, to carry out their projects, with funds from others. It is a useful vehicle of carrying out their objectives with even more external funding, without having to disclose their own finances.  So called misinformation laws which they support can help keep their activities hidden from scrutiny. 


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