Wolf In Stolen Sheep’s Clothing
Western Victoria MP Bev McArthur used an adjournment debate in Parliament to ask the Minister for Agriculture to lobby the Federal Government to ensure that radical animal activist group, Aussie Farms, is not granted charity status under its new name.
On 18 November 2019, the Federal Government rightly revoked the charity status of radical animal activist organisation, Aussie Farms.
Since the revocation of their charity status, they have changed the name of their organisation to ‘Farm Transparency Project’, but their organisation remains identical, with the same executive director, Chris Delforce, and the same objectives of threatening the animal agriculture industry.
Farm Transparency Project does not appear to be a registered charity with the ACNC and as such cannot be found on the Charity Register. Nevertheless, Farm Transparency Project continues to advertise themselves as a charity on their website.
Bev McArthur said, “Aussie Farms are an extremist organisation that encourage criminal trespass, livestock theft and breaches of biosecurity plans on the premises of agricultural enterprises.”
“Many of these properties are of course also the owners’ homes, making these militant activists’ behaviour even more reprehensible.”
“Organisations that promote illegal behaviour, intrusion of privacy, invasion of homes, theft of property and who campaign to destroy the agricultural industry, must not be allowed to take advantage of Commonwealth charity tax concessions.”
Mrs McArthur told Jaclyn Symes in the Parliament, “It is your responsibility, Minister, to stand up for Victorian farmers and our agriculture sector which provides substantial economic benefit to the state and nation, and particularly our often-ignored rural communities.”
“The activities of Aussie Farms, or Farm Transparency Project as they now call themselves, are completely at odds with and a direct threat to the viability and security of this sector.”
17 October 2020