This report provides information about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporate sector, specifically Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations registered under the CATSI Act.
Profile of corporations registered under the CATSI Act
Table 1: Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations registered under the CATSI Act
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * The number of registered corporations is as at 30 June. | |||||||||
| ** A program conducted by the Registrar to deregister defunct corporations accounts for the reduction in the number of registered corporations in 2009–10. | |||||||||
| Total corporations* | 2552 | 2605 | 2723 | **2210 | 2286 | 2391 | 2488 | 2596 | 2688 |
| New registrations | 111 | 84 | 125 | 163 | 187 | 173 | 155 | 163 | 170 |
A total of 2688 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations were registered under the CATSI Act as at 30 June 2015.
There were 170 new registrations during 2014–15, up from 163 in 2013–14 (table 1). Of these, 11 were transfers of existing entities from other incorporation legislation.