A place for second chances
In 2013, Elders in Canberra came together over a shared concern about the services provided to First Nations people leaving prison. The community wanted returning members to have stronger, more culturally responsive support. They wanted people to feel safe so they could learn, work, form connections and, as a result, not reoffend.
So they took the lead on making it happen.
Latest news
Upcoming training workshops
Governing an Indigenous corporation: Key legal duties of directors
Understanding finances for corporations
Mastering meetings
Risk and corporations: current issues for the board agenda
ORIC services update
Thank you for your patience during our IT upgrade. Most services are now back as usual but some services will take more time to come back online.
Prosecution action for failing to report
Corporations must lodge annual reports by 31 December each year unless we granted you extra time to lodge. Check your reporting status and full history in your corporation extract using 'Find a corporation' (corporation register).
For recent years you can check our list of corporations with overdue reports for 2022–23 and 2021–22. If your corporation is on this list it may be deregistered or referred for prosecution.
See recent prosecution outcomes for failure to lodge reports.
Tax exemption changes for 2023–24
Not-for-profit corporations that are not charities have to lodge an annual self-review return between July and October with the ATO to be exempt from paying income tax. See a summary.
Rule book compliance by RNTBCs
Update from the Registrar on compliance and current regulatory action.
Latest CATSI conversations episode
Under examination
Examinations can identify governance issues and concerns, but also offer helpful advice for corporations to improve. Georgina Richters hosts this discussion on examinations with Registrar of Indigenous Corporations Tricia Stroud, Billy Landy, Steve Klomp and Peter McQuoid.