Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, upon notice, on 12 September 2011:

(1) Did a delegate of the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations issue a notice under section 439-20 of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 in March 2011 to the Directors of the Yindjibardi Aboriginal Corporation; if so, what was the substance of the notice.

(2) Has the delegate or Registrar been provided with a written response to the notice; if so, on what date.

(3) Is the delegate or Registrar satisfied that adequate action and rectification has been taken by the Directors of the Yindjibardi Aboriginal Corporation; if not, what further action has the delegate or Registrar taken in this matter.

Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable senator ' s question:

(1) On 8 March 2011, the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations (the Registrar) issued a notice under section 439-20(1) of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 to the directors of Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (the corporation) (ICN: 4370).

The notice requires the corporation to take action to rectify instances of non-compliance with the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 and its rulebook in relation to its corporate governance and financial management practices.

A copy of the notice issued by the Registrar on 8 March 2011 is available free of charge from the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations website—www.oric.gov.au.

(2) The corporation has provided the Registrar with a number of written responses since the notice was issued. The responses were received on 22 June 2011, 11 July 2011 and 19 September 2011.

(3) The corporation is progressively addressing the matters raised in the notice, and the Registrar is satisfied with the progress made by the corporation.

The Registrar will continue to monitor and work closely with the corporation until all matters are resolved.