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Breast cancer scam
Just warning Tassie residents that people are receiving phone calls from "Breast Cancer Australia" stating that as we don't have access to services for cancer treatment in Tassie (???!!), their associ...
Hi Sharon,
It is definitely worth contacting the police but it's very likely they can't do anything as unfortunately technically Breast Cancer Australia aren't doing anything illegal. They don't have tax-deductible status which means they aren't a registered charity but they can still accept donations (they just can't issue a tax receipt). As Mandy mentioned, they are based in SA which also limits what Tas Police could do.
And because they aren't a registered charity, it limits what the Australian Not-for-profit and Charities Commission (ACNC) can do - completely a can of worms!
We'd encourage you to contact Consumer Affairs Tasmania - hopefully if enough people do they might be forced to investigate and shut them down (like what happened in South Australia).
Cheers, Laura