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In the Kimberley region of northwest WA, Nirrumbuk Aboriginal Corporation has been set up with a clear goal: local people experiencing self-sufficiency on their own terms.
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When the Dulabed and Malanbarra Yidinji People received their native title determination in 2009, they had to learn how to run a corporation almost overnight. Today, its Junior Ranger program in the wet tropics of far north Queensland is growing the region's next generation of leaders, and…
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There will be a 3-hour outage of the myCorp online lodgement portal (mycorp.oric.gov.au) and the Public Register…
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What is winding up?Winding up is a process to finalise a corporation’s affairs and end its existence.
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Learn more about deregistration under the CATSI Act, which means the corporation ceases to exist as a legal entity.
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Learn about the reporting obligations under the CATSI Act, what information needs to be included in your corporation's reports and the process of lodging via myCorp.
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A financial report details a corporation's financial performance and position. It must be prepared in line with the Australian Accounting Standards.
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Information about disputes between directors, how to resolve them and what ORIC can and can't help with.
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Registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) make decisions related to native title and corporate operations. These decisions must be made correctly and by the right people.
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A dispute is usually because there are generally at least two differing opinions from different parties about the conduct of a corporation, including the interpretation or compliance with the CATSI Act or corporation’s rule book, and that has led to disagreements.
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The CATSI Act gives certain people legal rights and protections as whistleblowers when they make a disclosure to the Registrar or ORIC, internally within the corporation, or externally.
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The Registrar has a number of regulatory powers under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act) to address issues within corporations.
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ORIC will not consider reports of concern if they are more than 3 pages (excluding attachments) or if they are AI-generated.
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We have developed and set out below policies that govern and support the day-to-day operations of our office and decision making under the CATSI Act.
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The Registrar's position statements are a simple declaration of her stance on a specific issue. They identify the key points on a topic, and clarify our views and expectations. You might also be interested in our policy statements.
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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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ORIC corporation data sharing policyThe Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s (the Registrar) functions are set out in section 658-1 of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act), and includes:
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Winding upThe Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations, Ms Tricia Stroud, has applied to the…
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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 giving a related party a financial benefit.