GetUp charity claims exposed by not-for-profit links
Senior officials at GetUp — which claims “we don’t have or want charity status” — set up a not-for-profit company that worked out of the offices of the left-wing activist group. The Australian can reveal GetUp national director Paul Oosting and his senior staff were involved in the creation of Commons Library Limited, which is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.
The registered charity, which operates a “public library”, is endorsed for “GST concession and income tax exemption” and as a “deductible gift recipient”.
Business records show the company was initially known as GetUp Commons Limited, and operated under that name for almost a year until December 2015.
Mr Oosting, Darren Loasby, now deputy national director, and Henrietta Smith, GetUp’s elections director, were initial directors of the charitable organisation, with other GetUp personnel, including former legal and governance director Isabelle Reinecke also sitting on the Commons Library board.
