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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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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.Right to request the directors call a general meetingMembers have the right to ask directors to call a general meeting.
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Eligibility, Deregistration, Indigeneity, Complaint
Creditor/funder
ORIC has a range of corporate documents that set our regulatory approach and priorities.
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Eligibility, Deregistration, Indigeneity, Complaint
Creditor/funder
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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Records
Director
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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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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Complaint
Creditor/funder
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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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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Spotlight on
From 1 February 2022, Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation runs the only independent, Aboriginal-owned airport in…
Djarindjin, Western Australia: Another helicopter lands at Djarindjin Airport and 19 passengers head for the air-conditioned terminal nearby.
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Ten years after securing native title, Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC has won recognition of…
Gippsland, Victoria: In late November 2020, the Victorian government returned 2 billion litres of water to traditional owners whose native title rights and interests are managed by Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (GLaWAC).
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Budj Bim Cultural Landscape's listing as world heritage marked a new era for Gunditj Mirring Traditional…
Heywood, south-west Victoria: Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is an ancient and still-functional aquaculture system for catching, storing and harvesting short-finned eels and other fish.
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How can a corporation’s registered rule book best reflect Aboriginal cultural structures? Patta Aboriginal Corporation…
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory: Patta Warumungu people were the first Aboriginal group in Australia to negotiate a consent determination within a township.
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Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC has transformed Roebourne’s old Victoria Hotel into an impressive community…
Roebourne, Western Australia: Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC purchased Roebourne's Victoria Hotel in 2013 and set about transforming it into a dynamic hub for community and collaboration.
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Spotlight on
Camooweal, north-western Queensland: The Dugalunji Aboriginal Corporation is based at Camooweal, a small town in north-western Queensland with a population of 187 at the last census count.
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Spotlight on
Spotlight on, April 2015
Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (ICN 8107)