Registration Refusals and Winding Up Powers for Prohibited Hate Groups and Terrorist Organisations
Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Topics
hate groups industrial relations non-profit organizations organizational registration public interest terrorism
Introduced by: The Hon Ingrid Stitt MLC (ALP); The Hon Tim Richardson MP (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Registrar of Incorporated Associations can refuse to register any association or body that is a prohibited hate group; this also applies to listed terrorist organisations.
The Registrar can refuse registration if it is in the public interest; they will consider the group's conduct and its effect on the public.
The Registrar can refuse registration to groups with industrial relations purposes; this excludes exempt associations.
The Registrar can force an incorporated association to wind up; this happens if the group is a prohibited hate group or a listed terrorist organisation.
The Registrar can ask applicants for information about the association's purposes and conduct.
Registrable bodies can apply to the Supreme Court within 28 days to review a refusal based on industrial relations purposes.
Associations can show cause to stop a winding up certificate if the refusal is based on industrial relations purposes.