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ORIC has a range of corporate documents that set our regulatory approach and priorities.
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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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This document sets out the regulatory posture of the Registrar. It outlines the Registrar’s posture for key responsibilities of corporations and outlines focus areas for 2024.
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A complaint is when someone expresses dissatisfaction about something that has happened. Learn more about complaints about corporations.
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Corporations that are registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) manage native title rights and interests on behalf of Traditional Owners. They have special provisions under the CATSI Act.
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The Registrar has given notice to 328 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations of her intention to deregister…
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When a corporation gives an asset or money to a person or group with a close relationship to the corporation, this is called a related party financial benefit.
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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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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.
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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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Two or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations can apply to form a new corporation. This is called ‘amalgamating’.
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Follow steps to make sure you have everything you need to lodge your application to register under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act).
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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.
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Complaints about corporations can be resolved directly with the corporation or formally through ORIC. There are some issues the CATSI Act prevents us getting involved with.
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With good procedures in place, resolving a complaint can be a smooth process. It can even strengthen a corporation.Communicate oftenDirectors should listen to members and communicate often with them.
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If you’re dissatisfied with a corporation’s service, conduct or performance, you might make a complaint. Make sure your concerns are clear and the corporation has a chance to respond.
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Resolving disputes is the corporation’s responsibility, but ORIC can assist with disputes about how a corporation is run. It’s part of how we support good governance. When a dispute is managed well it can prevent corporate governance failure.
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This workshop is for the board or rule book working group from a registered native title body corporate (RNTBC). Like every corporation, RNTBCs have a rule book. The rule book sets out the corporation’s internal governance rules.
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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.