'Chilling effect': Charities slam foreign donations ban

By Nicole Hasham
Updated December 6 2017 - 8:33am, first published 8:29am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a joint press conference with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Attorney-General George Brandis, at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 5 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a joint press conference with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Attorney-General George Brandis, at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 5 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Household-name charities receiving overseas funding would be prevented from advocating for social and environmental causes if their activity is deemed political, under a Turnbull government plan.

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