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A general meeting is a meeting where corporation members are given an opportunity to participate in the corporation’s affairs.
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The Australian Government’s public data policy requires ORIC to make non-sensitive data ‘open’ by default. Open means the data is freely available for anyone to use, reuse, and redistribute.
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The Native Title Act grants the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations (the Registrar) the power to issue an opinion about whether a fee is one that the body corporate may charge.
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Every corporation has a rule book. The rule book is the document that says what the corporation will do and the rules for how it is governed.
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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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The Registrar has a power under the CATSI Act to issue compliance notices. A compliance notice is an instruction to a corporation to fix something. Compliance notice purposeCompliance notices instruct a corporation to fix an issue, for example:
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All registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) must have particular rules about membership and disputes. ObjectivesThe objectives must say that the corporation is established to become an RNTBC and carry out the functions of an RNTBC.
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Go through tasks to complete for your corporation by the end of the year, such as annual reports, funding acquittals, taxes and annual general meetings.
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Even if your corporation has stopped doing anything, it's still registered as a legal entity. This means that you must still meet the legal obligations of a corporation. To be free of these obligations, you will need to finish up any corporation business (wind up) and deregister it.
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A voluntary deregistration is where all members agree to it. In a voluntary deregistration the directors have already completed the work of winding up the affairs of the corporation.
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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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Corporations can ask for exemptions from requirements about meetings. This includes general meetings, directors’ meetings, minutes of meetings.
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A corporation must be registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) to be a charity. A corporation that is, or wants to become, a charity must include certain rules in its rule book.
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Port Macquarie, New South Wales: In June 2016 Werin Aboriginal Corporation medical centre celebrated 10 years serving the Port Macquarie–Hastings area as well as independence from its auspice arrangement.
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Western Australia: Few organisations match the sweeping breadth and diversity of Ngaanyatjarra Council (Aboriginal Corporation). In fact, you might say it is unique.
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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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HIHAT Aboriginal Corporation mentors and supports Indigenous job seekers up to and beyond the point of their employment…
Dubbo, New South Wales: HIHAT Aboriginal Corporation is a new corporation that is already achieving its aim of getting Aboriginal people into training and jobs. Janelle Whitehead is the sole member and director of the corporation, which she registered in October 2018.