This is "win-win" for the JW leadership. How so??
1. By now joining the redress scheme, they aren't going to pay anything to anyone.
2. Once the above happens and the Australian government revokes their charitable status, they can immediately start claiming, "Persecution!!!!!" and playing the "boo-hoo, whoith me!!" card. And the rank-n-file Sheeple who've been fed the "anything outside of JWdotBorg is from Satan", will eat it up hook, line, and sinker.
3. Then, with those cards being played, they'll start in on the guilt trips around the world to donate more to help out the Australian JW's who are being "persecuted" by Satan's wicked world governments.
The gaslighting and manipulation is so strong in this cult, it's sickening!
This cult is vile and evil.