Governance

MND Australia is governed by a board consisting of an independent elected President and a nominated representative from each member Association board or state council. The recently revised constitution also allows for special tenure directors to strengthen the depth and breadth of the board.

The MND Australia constitution was revised in 2009 to incorporate changes to allow an operational amalgamation with MNDRIA.

MND Australia is incorporated with Consumer Affairs Victoria as MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE  AUSTRALIA INC

Organisation number A0026113K

ABN - 52 650 269 176 

MND Australia is a Health Promotion Charity: 

A Health Promotion Charity is a non-profit charitable institution whose principal activity is promoting the prevention or control of diseases in human beings. The characteristics of a health promotion charity are that:

• Its principal activity is promoting the prevention or the control of diseases in human beings, and
• It is a charity which is a charitable institution.

Examples of activities that can promote the prevention or control of disease include:

• Providing relevant information to sufferers of a disease, health professionals, carers and to the public
• Researching how to detect, prevent or treat diseases, and
• Developing or providing relevant aids and equipment to sufferers of a disease.

MND Australia is endorsed to access the following tax concessions:

GST concession since 1/7/05

FBT exemption since 1/7/05 

and has been endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient since 01 Jul 2000