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Member requests
Member, Director
To call a general meeting or AGM:
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Records
Director, Member
Corporations must keep a record of all membership applications given to the corporation and a register of current and former members.
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Indigeneity
Member
Indigeneity requirementThe CATSI Act ensures a corporation is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned and controlled through the Indigeneity requirement.
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Eligibility
Member
Corporations can ask for exemptions from requirements about:
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Complaint
Member
CATSI Act corporations are member controlled. Members appoint directors who appoint corporation officers, such as the Chief Executive Officer.
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Member requests
Member
Members of a corporation have certain rights. Knowing what they are puts members in a better position to play an active part in the corporation.
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Contact person, Secretary
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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Contact person, Secretary
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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Conflict of interest, Eligibility
Member, Director, Secretary
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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Contact person, Secretary
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.
News
Contact person, Secretary, Director
Update 26 March 2025: System outagesORIC’s online lodgement system – online.oric.gov.au – will be unavailable after 5…
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Records
Creditor/funder, Member, Director
Directors must keep proper corporation accounts and records that correctly record and explain the corporation's transactions and explain the corporation’s financial position and performance.
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Eligibility
Member
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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Member, Director
Corporation meetings are essential for communication, accountability and decision-making.
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Indigeneity
Member, Director
For a corporation to be registered under the CATSI Act, the corporation must at all times be owned and controlled by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.
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Eligibility, Indigeneity
Contact person, Secretary, Director
There are requirements for a group to register and stay registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act).
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Deregistration
Director, Secretary, Contact person
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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Eligibility, Indigeneity
Contact person, Secretary, Director
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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Eligibility, Extensions
Contact person, Secretary
A corporation’s income, assets and number of staff in a financial year determine its size. The size of a corporation changes its responsibilities under the CATSI Act. This is so corporations do an amount of administration and reporting that is fair to their abilities.
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Member, Director
Members and directors can pass resolutions without a meeting. These are called ‘circulating resolutions’. The proposed resolution is written down and sent to all the people who can vote on it.