| administration |
The Registrar can appoint an administrator to govern and manage the affairs of a corporation. They offer an alternative to winding up, and aim to achieve turnaround for a struggling corporation. |
| capacity building |
This is about supporting individuals, groups and organisations to build on their strengths and improve their weaknesses for a better future. |
| case coordination and management |
This is about ORAC providing one person to work with a corporation if it has a lot of contact with ORAC. This means corporations receive a more personal service, and ORAC can be more informed in the way it assists corporations. |
| compliance |
Corporations must comply with the ACA Act which sets out some rules for how Indigenous corporations must be run, and also requires some reports to be forwarded to ORAC every year. |
| corporate governance |
Corporate governance is how people lead and run their organisations. |
| corporate governance training |
ORAC runs training on good corporate governance for Indigenous board members, senior staff, members and others. |
| corporations' rules |
These are the rules for how a corporation is run. Some are set down in the ACA Act and some are created by the corporation itself. |
| deregistration |
Deregistration is the cancellation of a corporation's registration, so that it ceases to exist as a corporation. Corporations which are not operating and no longer needed will be deregistered. |
| incorporation |
Incorporation means becoming a legal body under Australian law. This gives groups which incorporate some extra rights, and also brings extra responsibilities. |
| incorporation support |
ORAC provides information and advice to groups before incorporating, and to corporations after they have incorporated. |
| registered corporations |
These are corporations which have incorporated under the ACA Act and are listed on the Public Register of Indigenous Corporations maintained by ORAC. |
| place planning |
This is developing a plan for an area that looks at all its corporate governance needs-so, if there are several corporations in a particular area, then they would be looked at together. ORAC can also respond better to any big issues that affect the whole area. |
| plain English |
ORAC tries to make sure that its publications and information are written as plainly and clearly as possible. |
| regulation |
The Registrar has a number of regulatory powers under the ACA Act to intervene to solve problems within corporations, such as the power to examine the records and documents of a corporation. |
| ACA Act |
Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investment Commission |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| the Bill |
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2005 |
| CDEP |
Community Development Employment Projects |
| DEST |
Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DIMIA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| ERIC |
Electronic Register of Indigenous Corporations |
| FACS |
Department of Family and Community Services |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| ICCs |
Indigenous Coordination Centres |
| ICN |
Indigenous Corporation Number |
| OATSIH |
Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health |
| OEA |
Office of Evaluation and Audit |
| OIPC |
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
| ORAC |
Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations |
| the Registrar |
The Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations |
| the Register |
This is the Public Register of Indigenous Corporations. It lists all the corporations incorporated under the ACA Act. It also holds information that these corporations are required by the law to send to ORAC, such as lists of members and annual financial statements. |
