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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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Director
Your rule book is your key governing document. It sets out the internal governance rules that apply to your corporation. It's important that it supports your corporation to practice good governance in a way that reflects your culture.
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Charity
Director
Read through steps on how to draft a rule book for a corporation.
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Director
This workshop will unpack the A-Z of governance and make sure you are fully aware of your legal obligation as a board or committee member.
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Records
Director
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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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.
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Conflict of interest
Director
Learn about processes for the board to manage a conflict of interest.
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Director
Customised training can help your corporation with an area you’d like to focus on. We can tailor training to meet the needs of a group or your whole corporation. Workshops can be held all over Australia. The most common locations are:
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Director
ORIC can collaborate with you to design and deliver a one-off training workshop or a longer-term support and mentoring plan to assist your board achieve particular learning and development goals or address a specific challenge you're facing.
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Director
Starting a corporation requires a lot of effort and commitment. It’s important to know what's involved and whether it's right for you. If it is, then do your best to set up a good structure from the start.Some things to consider:
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Director
Hear from one of Directors Australia’s board recruitment head-hunting specialist on director recruitment.
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Director
What is this training about?This workshop is designed to equip participants with general knowledge and skills for being a director of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
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Director
An audit report is an independent evaluation of a corporation's financial report.Corporations that need an audit reportYour corporation must lodge an audit report each year if it’s a:
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Director, Secretary
If your corporation is required to lodge reports here's a quick tool to help you work out what reports you need to prepare and lodge.
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Charity, Records
Creditor/funder, Director
Your corporation may have reporting obligations with other regulators and stakeholders such as the examples below.
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Extensions
Director, Member, Secretary
There are certain parts of the CATSI Act that the Registrar can grant exemptions for. An exemption means that a corporation does not have to comply with that part of the Act.Exemptions may:
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Native title, Eligibility, Indigeneity
Director
RNTBCs must have certain rules about disputes and membership eligibility in their rule books.
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Eligibility
Contact person, Secretary
Some rules in the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act) are ‘replaceable’. This is similar to the Corporations Act 2001.
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Director, Member
Corporations need strong governance to be successful. This means directors run the corporation effectively with the help of management and staff. We provide information and resources so people directors can set up and manage good governance practices.