This section has information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-controlled organisations and charities.

Ask us

• Do you have a question about your organisation becoming a charity?
• Do you have a question about running your charity?
• Do you want to raise a concern about a registered charity?

Call us on 13 ACNC (13 22 62) weekdays 9am to 5pm AEDT.

If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and would like to speak to an Aboriginal Liaison Officer, tell us when you contact us and we will arrange this for you.

Learn more about our commitment

If you want to find out more about more about our commitment to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities you can read:

• our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Engagement Strategy
• the Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement: Indigenous charities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander charities regulated by ORIC

This section has information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations registered under the CATSI Act (Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)) with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC):

More information

External links

Indigenous governance tools

• Indigenous Governance Toolkit
• British Columbia Treaty Commission, HR Toolkit – Canada

More information on Indigenous governance (Australia)

• Reconciliation Australia
• Australian Indigenous Governance Institute
• Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) – Australian National University
• Institute for Aboriginal Development
• Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning – University of Technology Sydney
• National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
• Ninti One: Information, Innovation, Ideas for Remote Australia

More information on Indigenous governance (International)

• National Centre for First Nations Governance – Canada
• Te Puni Kokiri – Effective Governance – New Zealand
• The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development – USA
• University of Arizona Indigenous Governance Database – USA

Australian Government Indigenous links

• Indigenous.gov.au
• Torres Strait Regional Authority
• Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
• Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet grants and incorporation requirements

State and territory government links

Australian Capital Territory

• Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs

New South Wales

• NSW Fair Trading Indigenous webpage
• Aboriginal Affairs

Northern Territory

• Office of Aboriginal Affairs - Department of the Chief Minister
• indigenous.gov.au

Queensland

• Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships

South Australia

• Consumer and Business Services Indigenous webpage

Tasmania

• Office of Aboriginal Affairs

Victoria

• Consumer Affairs Victoria Koori resources webpage
• Aboriginal Affairs

Western Australia

• Department of Aboriginal Affairs

This page contains links to external websites. Any external links used by the ACNC are inserted for convenience and do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any material at those sites. Information and resources provided by the ACNC is for general information only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice regarding your charity's particular circumstances.