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Complaint
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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Deregistration
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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Complaint
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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Complaint
The Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations (the Registrar) takes concerns about corporations’ compliance with the CATSI Act and their rule books seriously.
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Eligibility
Director
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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Conflict of interest, Eligibility
Member, Director, Secretary
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.
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Deregistration
Creditor/funder
What is winding up?Winding up is a process to finalise a corporation’s affairs and end its existence.
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Deregistration
Director, Creditor/funder
Even if your corporation has stopped doing anything, it's still registered as a legal entity. This means that you must still meet the legal obligations of a corporation. To be free of these obligations, you will need to finish up any corporation business (wind up) and deregister it.
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Deregistration
The Registrar of Indigenous Corporations has completed deregistration action against a further 469 Aboriginal and…
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Deregistration, Regulatory action
This section brings together announcements and information relating to use of the Registrar's power to initiate a deregistration under the CATSI Act, including announcements about proposed and completed deregistrations.
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Regulatory action
This section provides access to published announcements about special administration appointments, including when special administrations start and end.
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Regulatory action
Information about selected regulatory activities, decisions and outcomes published by ORIC. It is not a comprehensive record of all regulatory activity.
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Charity
Director
Read through steps on how to draft a rule book for a corporation.
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Regulatory action
The Registrar has a power under the CATSI Act to issue compliance notices. A compliance notice is an instruction to a corporation to fix something.
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Eligibility, Extensions
Contact person, Secretary
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.
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Eligibility
Contact person, Secretary
Some rules in the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act) are ‘replaceable’. This is similar to the Corporations Act 2001.
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Regulatory action
Summary of prosecutions for failing to lodge reports During 2025–26, 19 corporations were convicted for failing to…
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Indigeneity, Complaint
What we ask of youThe Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) must provide a safe environment for its people. Team members are trained and supported to deliver the business of ORIC including complex and sometimes difficult matters.
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Complaint
We welcome and value complaints about us as part of our commitment to continuous improvement. They help us shape how we do our business.
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Eligibility, Deregistration, Indigeneity, Complaint
Creditor/funder
ORIC has a range of corporate documents that set our regulatory approach and priorities.