My apologies for the typo. Here's the link again:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/13/churches-should-lose-charity-status-over-child-abuse-former-tax-head-says

so according to Foxy's standard Indigenous affairs should not receive one more per cent of tax payer funded money.

It's unreasonable to tax direct donations to Churches but they should not be exempt from taxes on income raised from other sources.
The Mormon Church for example, is the largest landowner in the USA and has an annual income from it's numerous businesses of around $30billion.

Also, Sporting and Racing Clubs can simply claim to be not-for-profit organisations and also be tax-free but actually spend more on self-promotion and internal running costs than on charitable activities.

The less tax gathered from such sources means more tax must be raised elsewhere, so even if you are not a member of any specific religion or sporting organisation you are still subsidising them all.

Is it fair that I have to pay more tax so Churches can use their tax concessions to protect pedophiles?

I have zero doubt a lot of the extreme wealth some Churches /faiths have came from the true poor, and that such money should be taxed and not hived away for that faiths use,too few in my view would disagree if we are talking only about the very much fringe groups around us, some are obscenely wealthy and seem to provide great comfort to their leadership group, even high cost planes,tax is at the base of our way of life, it funds a great deal, and could fund even more if we had more.

I have no issues with charities being tax exempt, however, as soon as any charitable organisations invests outside of their own private space, or derives an income from fixed assets, they should be treated like any other business/trust and pay taxes.

Using tax free dollars to invest in income producing assets gives a clear competitive advantage which is simply unfair to the other tax paying investors whether they be companies, trusts or individuals.

God is a commodity, like a Big Mac, he's there to be bought and sold. How about a tax on god of 10% we could call it GST (God Service Tax) The Hindi's would be in trouble they have about 1000 gods.

The Catholic Churches main charity "Vinnies" is kept at arms length by the church so there is no church liability in relation to the charity. Similar to the way the CC tried to claim varies religious orders were separate corporate identies and therefore the church was not financelly libel for the actions of their pedophile priests and brothers.

The RSL operates all its Sub-Branches as registered charities and not as clubs.

Belly stick with it. The rabid right posters like ttbn, don't like your straight talk, it gets under their skin. Be like me and apply the 'Armadillo Principle'.

rache, just on that score, some of the most exclusive race clubs AJC at Randwick, and golf clubs around Sydney operate on crown land, and pay a peppercorns rent. Disgusting!