Investigations into PBCC political influence — election donations, lobbying, VIP contract routes and the relationships between Brethren-connected companies and elected officials.
The PBCC does not vote. Its doctrine holds that God determines election outcomes. Yet PBCC members have donated millions to right-wing political parties across six countries — the UK Conservative Party, Australian Liberal Party, US Republicans, Canadian Conservatives and more. These investigations document the money and the connections.
Everyone reported what the Brethren did at the 2025 Australian election. Nobody answered why. Three of this church's largest revenue streams depend entirely on who is in power.
Submission 366 in full, answer by answer, against what the record shows — including a correction to evidence his own spokesman gave on oath.
A membership register, a private broadcast channel, a fundraising command, a panel that sets what share of members' profits is given away, and a fund that lends their savings back to them.
Inside Strive 26, the church's own business briefing: a Global Board, a consolidated worldwide budget, an ATO investigation, and an ecosystem costing A$430 million a year.
“Put the school into business and start an endowment fund.” How a quarter of a billion dollars came to sit in an Australian charity that spends almost nothing.
The short version. What the church told parliament, what its own documents say, and the ten questions the committee should have put.