Status: activeType: 📢 advocacyCountry: Australia Website: australiandemocracy.org.au

Status	active
Type	📢 advocacy
Country	Australia
Website	australiandemocracy.org.au
Contact	media@australiandemocracy.org.au Contact form ↗
Concepts	Constitutional Democracy Representative Democracy Accountability Sink
Last activity	2026-04-15 manual Website is up and they got a new post. 15 Apr 2026 Take the Pledge: Integrity Organisations call on Victorian Political Parties to Commit Now to Donation Transparency

The Australian Democracy Network (ADN) is a registered charity and coalition infrastructure body for the Australian democracy reform sector. Founded in 2020 by the Human Rights Law Centre, Australian Conservation Foundation, and Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), it operates as a connector and convener — sharing resources, strategy, and campaigns across member organisations rather than acting primarily as a direct-action group.

As of 2024, it has over 200 member civil society organisations and more than 14,000 individual supporters.

Campaigns and work areas

• #OurDemocracy — flagship campaign (run jointly with ACF and HRLC) focused on campaign finance reform: donation disclosure, donation caps, spending limits, and reducing corporate influence in politics
• Stronger Charities Alliance — coalition of 100+ charities focused on protecting the right of civil society organisations to advocate; successfully blocked proposed ACNC legislation that would have restricted charity advocacy
• Protest Rights — cross-sector response to anti-protest laws proliferating across Australian states
• Disinformation — building digital campaigning capacity across civil society

Links

• Website: australiandemocracy.org.au

• OurDemocracy campaign: ourdemocracy.com.au

See also

• Constitutional Democracy
• Representative Democracy
• Accountability Sink
• Australia Institute — Democracy Program

History

• 2020-02-01 Launched as a joint project of the Human Rights Law Centre, Australian Conservation Foundation and ACOSSPlatform/product launch
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  ADN launched in February 2020 as a joint project of the Human Rights Law Centre, Australian Conservation Foundation and Australian Council of Social Service

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• 2024-06-26 Stronger Charities Alliance launched a private member's Bill at Parliament House to protect charity advocacy rightsCoalition-led federal advocacy Bill launch
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  Today, the Stronger Charities Alliance, a coalition of nearly 140 charities, is launching critical legislation to protect the sector’s right to engage in advocacy.

  ADN coordinates the Stronger Charities Alliance; ADN's own CEO Saffron Zomer is quoted on the page. Launched at a press conference at Parliament House Mural Hall, joined by Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh MP and independent MP Kate Chaney.

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