By roles
Browse a selection of pages and resources tagged for corporation roles. Refine your current search by adding more tags on the left.
Browse by a common topic or browse by format to start another search.
Page
Eligibility
Director
When your corporation is registered, we will send you a certificate of registration, which has your Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN) on it, send you the approved rule book and publish details of your corporation on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations.
Page
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.
Page
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.
Page
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).
Page
Eligibility, Indigeneity
Director
Number of directorsThe rule in the CATSI Act is that a corporation must have at least 3 directors and no more than 12 directors. But a corporation can:
Page
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.
Page
Eligibility, Deregistration, Indigeneity, Complaint
Creditor/funder
ORIC has a range of corporate documents that set our regulatory approach and priorities.
Page
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.
Page
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.
Page
Native title, Eligibility, Indigeneity
Director
RNTBCs must have certain rules about disputes and membership eligibility in their rule books.
Page
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.
Page
Eligibility
Member, Director, Contact person, Secretary
An AGM is a gathering of members held once a year. It’s an important exercise in board accountability to members. The main purpose of an AGM is to allow members to:
Page
Eligibility, Charity
Australian Business NumberOnce your corporation is registered and has been given an Indigenous Corporation Number (ICN), it can apply for an Australian Business Number (ABN).
Publication
Native title
Top 500 report
This is ORIC's seventh report on the top 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations. It collates and…
On this page
Data interpretation and limitations
Publication
Native title
Top 500 report section
When a determination recognising native title is made by the Federal Court, the Native Title Act 1993 requires traditional owners to establish a corporation to represent them and their interests.
Publication
Native title
Top 500 report section
The combined income of the top 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations for 2014–15 was $1.88 billion (compared to $1.74 billion in 2014–15, an increase of 8.2 per cent).
The ten-year average annual growth rate of total income for c