A financial report details a corporation's financial performance and position. It must be prepared in line with the Australian Accounting Standards.
High-quality financial reports are key to giving confidence to stakeholders. A high-quality report can support investment decisions and build trust and transparency.
We cover the costs of course delivery and materials for our workshops.
We may also be able to help with the costs of getting to and from a workshop that run for more than one day.
To be eligible to apply for travel support:
This workshop is designed to equip participants with general knowledge and skills for being a director of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
It covers a range of topics on governing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation and obligations under the CATSI Act. Topics include:
Customised training can help your corporation with an area you’d like to focus on.
We can tailor training to meet the needs of a group or your whole corporation.
Workshops can be held all over Australia. The most common locations are:
It can involve a corporation’s:
The BSB41021 Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Governance builds skills and knowledge to be a director in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation. It recognises cultural obligations as well as legal and financial obligations to corporation members and stakeholders.
The course package consists of 12 units – 7 core units and 5 elective units. Students must pass all 12 units to be awarded the certificate.
The role of an individual director is to be an active member of the board and contribute to the board fulfilling its collective role and responsibilities.
Even though board's powers and responsibilities are shared, directors cannot simply rely on the opinions of others or go with the flow. Every director is personally held to account for the actions of the whole board.
Corporation meetings are essential for communication, accountability and decision-making.
Meetings are the way a corporation operates. A corporation must hold meetings for a range of matters including to agree to their internal governance rules, make key decisions, appoint their board and for the board to report to members each year.
Corporations need strong governance to be successful. This means directors run the corporation effectively with the help of management and staff. We provide information and resources so people directors can set up and manage good governance practices.
Corporate governance is a term for how corporations are run and managed.
Corporations will be in a good position to grow and succeed if they:
