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A financial report details a corporation's financial performance and position. It must be prepared in line with the Australian Accounting Standards.
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Check if starting a corporation is right for youYou might be forming a corporation to hold title to land, to undertake a project or because you have an exciting business venture in mind.
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A corporation’s members make important decisions about how the corporation is run. They decide who its directors are, how it spends its money, and how it manages its operations.
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The Registrar’s office will be closed from COB on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 and reopen on Thursday, 2…
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There will be a 60-minute outage to the online lodgement portal and public Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
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Earlier this year we asked all corporations to help us plan our 2024–25 schedule for corporate governance training…
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Two or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations can join together to form a new corporation. This is called ‘amalgamating’.
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The Registrar has today released ORIC's inaugural performance report, ORIC: What we have achieved, November 2024. This…
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So far in 2024, 18 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations have been successfully prosecuted for failing to…
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There are many reasons to transfer registration to the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act).
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Register a new corporation; transfer registration of an existing entity; amalgamate 2 or more corporations; or reinstate registration of a deregistered corporation.
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Not-for-profit corporations that are not charities have to lodge an annual self-review return between July and October…
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LawHelp is a referral service that connects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations with legal support.Application processTo apply for help through LawHelp:
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This framework outlines the Registrar's approach to ensuring corporations comply with the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.
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Every corporation has a rule book. The rule book is the document that says what the corporation will do and the rules for how it is governed.
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Once a corporation has been placed under special administration, the Registrar will appoint a special administrator to resolve financial and organisational problems. The special administrator is a qualified, independent person who takes control and runs a corporation.
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All registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) must have particular rules about membership and disputes. ObjectivesThe objectives must say that the corporation is established to become an RNTBC and carry out the functions of an RNTBC.
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Corporations must keep a record of directors and notify ORIC of any changes to these records within 28 days of finding out.
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A corporation must be registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) to be a charity. A corporation that is, or wants to become, a charity must include certain rules in its rule book.
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