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Having a clear purpose that is well understood helps boards and management drive their corporation forward. All of the corporation’s activities should further its purpose either directly or indirectly.
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The CATSI Act sets out the rules for meetings but there are some parts of the law that corporations can change in their rule book. Corporations need to set out in their rule book how often their directors' meetings will be held. We recommend that directors meet at least every 3 months. For…
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Learn how to run a directors' meeting, including having a quorum, selecting a chairperson, declaring conflicts of interest and what to do after the meeting.
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Members can appoint independent directors to the board if it is in the rule book. An independent director is a director who is not a member. They usually have special skills or knowledge.
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An officer of a corporation is someone who is involved in making decisions that affect the business of the corporation and can greatly affect the corporation’s financial standing.
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Every corporation and the Registrar need to keep a record of director appointments and the personal details of each director. Director personal details are:
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CATSI conversations
Inducting and onboarding directors is an essential process for all corporations. Governance experts Jess Bulger…
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Mingaletta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation has been running activities, programs and services that support health, welfare and education for 20 years. In 2022, it hired its first employee – a volunteer who had been there from the beginning.  
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The healthy corporation checklist allows you to check your corporation’s compliance with the rule book and the law.
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Our new system for lodging forms and reports – myCorp – is now available. Thank you for your patience during this…
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Your corporation size determines whether you have a contact person or a secretary.Contact personIf your corporation's size is small or medium it will have a contact person. 
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Corporations should regularly review their rule book to make sure their rules still work for them. What works for your corporation is likely to change over time, especially if your objectives change or operations grow.
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When a corporation gives an asset or money to a person or group with a close relationship to the corporation, this is called a giving a related party a financial benefit.  
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The CATSI Act requires every corporation to prepare one or more reports every year and give them to members as well as lodge them for publishing on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. Meeting your reporting obligations is important because it:
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We maintain a public list of people disqualified by a court or the Registrar. A disqualified person can’t be an officer of a corporation – that means they can’t be on the board or a manager.
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Every corporation registered under the CATSI Act is listed in the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. Find key information about a corporation by searching the register of Corporations.
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An interactive, visual dashboard of Registered Native Title Body Corporate data based on reports from the last complete financial year.
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Data in this report is frozen as at 27 March 2025 during our transition to myCorp.
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Update 26 March 2025: System outagesORIC’s online lodgement system – online.oric.gov.au – will be unavailable after 5…
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All corporations must keep correct and up to date accounts and records. Records help you to gather and maintain evidence about your business activities, like: