Registrar’s update: Corporations facing deregistration for failing to report

The Registrar has given notice to 328 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations of her intention to deregister them for failing to lodge reports for the past 2 years.

When corporations fail to lodge reports or any other updates to corporation information it is a sign they are no longer operating. 

Each corporation has been issued a notice of the Registrar’s intention to deregister them, and notice has been published in The Gazette. 

‘These corporations have been given a period of time to respond to the notice and lodge their overdue reports,’ Ms Stroud said. ‘If my office doesn’t hear from them, we will assume they are no longer operating and progress the deregistration.’

How to check reporting and deregistration status

ORIC makes available for free via oric.gov.au, a view of the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations.

You can search for a corporation by its name, Indigenous corporation number or location. From the search results you can access the corporation extract that contains a summary of all reporting activity and notices issued to the corporation.

Note: The Registrar has previously provided a consolidated list of corporations with overdue reports and if they have deregistration activity. Due to a major network upgrade this list is currently not available. It will be restored as soon as possible.

Tricia Stroud 
Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations 
5 November 2024