Senate Economics Legislation Committee [Part 2], , 2:08:47 to 2:10:00
Inquiry into the $9 million penalty against the Environmental Defenders Office and its implications for charity registration.
Topics: Integrity, Legal profession
Speakers: Senator Susan McDonald, Speaker 14, Unknown Speaker
>> Uh Kate Bennett, assistant commissioner, general counsel and regulatory services. uh, sometimes a court fine can be based on a penalty unit, but without the exact case, it's hard for me to answer that
question. So, specifically, I'm referring to the Environmental Defenders Office and their court ordered penalty of $9 million ordered by uh I'm having a blank on who the judge was now. um uh in a in a trial relatively recently. Charlessworth, Justice Charlessworth.
>> Senator, I'm not familiar with the orders off the top of my head, but I'm happy to take that on notice to confirm whether that fine was based on penalty units or not.
>> That that would be terrific. So, the Environmental Defenders Office, a uh DGR status uh registered charity uh which received a court ordered penalty of $9 million. Um happy to provide you with dates if you can't Google that, but I think you'll find there's a significant amount of media around it. >> That's all of my questions. Thank you.