This form is a general report that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations must lodge with the registrar between 1 July and 31 December each year.
Did you know you can lodge this form at online.oric.gov.au instead of using this PDF? Lodging online will save you time because the online form uses data already held in the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations to pre-populate sections of the form. You can edit or delete the existing information, and add new information.
For 2022–23 general reports ORIC has:
- included a field to collect director ID – If a director does not have a director ID they must apply to get one from the Australian Business Registry Services – abrs.gov.au
- included additional fields for directors, contact person or secretary to collect information about the person's appointment.
Remember, the information you provide in a general report should be who was in the role on the last day of the reporting period, which for most corporations is 30 June. If your corporation has appointed new people to the roles of director, contact person or secretary after 30 June, please lodge this information in a separate 'Notification of a change to directors, contact person or secretary'.
What’s in the general report?
The general report covers 3 main groups of information about a corporation for the financial year:
- the corporation – name, Indigenous corporation number (ICN), Australian Business Number (ABN), size, main place of business, registered office / document access address, contact details and its activities
- its people – its contact person/secretary, directors and members
- basic financial and employee information – income, assets, deductible gift recipient status, number of employees
It also requires a declaration either by a director of the corporation (or secretary for large corporations), or if lodged by a delegate of the directors, a declaration based on a resolution of the directors.
Common questions about member information in general reports
What’s the difference between a register of members and a list of members?
A general report requires a list of members, not the register of members.
A register of members is a living document, kept by the corporation. The corporation must update the register within 14 days whenever a new member application is approved by the directors or an existing membership ceases. It needs to include the date a person became a member and when they stopped being a member, and possibly other information required by your rule book.
A list of members is a copy/extract of the register of members at one moment in time—it does not contain the full set of information that needs to be kept on the register of members.
Will ORIC protect member addresses?
Although the general report is part of the Public Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations, ORIC will not include member addresses in copies of general reports that are published in the corporation's documents in the view of the public register on oric.gov.au. Policy statement 12: Registers and use and disclosure of information held by the Registrar
Members who are concerned about their address in the general report being included in the public register (the records kept by ORIC) should contact their corporation and request that the corporation’s register of members be updated with an alternative address. Members can supply any alternative address to the corporation, which may be the corporation’s address. If the corporation does this it should consider keeping a non-public mailing list separate from its register of members to help with sending notices of meetings and other important information to members.