Sorry, this link probably outlines the relationship much better than the above: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/church-lobby-in-wi

Sorry, this link probably outlines the relationship much better than the above: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/church-lobby-in-win-over-charities-watchdog-20130831-2sxqs.html http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013... "The answer, in part at least, may be the lobbying power of church conservatives, the Catholic Church in particular, and the office of Sydney Cardinal George Pell, more particularly still." "And the Victorian and Tasmanian-based Churches of Christ Community Care has begun an online petition to save the commission, warning that the Coalition alternative would be ''an advisory body with no teeth''. That, say critics, appears to be the point."