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Federal, State and Territory law is placing continuing pressure on the manifestation of religious belief in Australia. This session will canvass recent reforms impacting on religious institutions, charities and schools, including in respect of their teaching, employment and volunteer practices, supply of charitable services and tax endorsements. It will highlight the various identifiable trends to paint a picture of potential future reforms consequent on the re-election of the Federal Government.
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- Fowler Charity Law
Dr Mark Fowler is a practicing lawyer whose specialist areas of advice include the law applying to schools, international aid organisations, arts and cultural organisations and religious organisations.
Prior to establishing Fowler Charity Law Pty Ltd in 2019, Mark was a Partner in leading national charity and not-for-profit law firms located in Sydney and Brisbane. He is an Appeals Panel member for the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) involved in international development and humanitarian action. He is a member of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission Professional Users Group and has served as a member of the Queensland Law Society’s Human Rights Working Group. Mark is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame, School of Law, Sydney, and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Law School at his alma mater, the University of New England. He is also an External Fellow at the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law, University of Queensland. He holds a doctorate degree in law conferred by the University of Queensland in 2023.
