Secondly, individuals, families, groups of people often come together to form organisations to carry out purposes not recognised by other institutions and that may oppose existing Government policy or social norms. The risk taking and innovation is a key characteristic of many community organisations. It puts them at the cutting edge of our social and political, economic and environmental development, and that's really, really important. So we want to acknowledge the need for the independence of incorporated societies. No incorporated society should be penalised because they look out for and advocate for their members on the issues that they represent. Given almost every incorporated society will outlive the Government of the day, no organisation should have their funding or charitable status threatened because their advocacy challenges the policy of whoever happens to be in power at the time. 