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:

How many corporations are registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 and can the name of each Corporation, listed on an individual state/territory basis, be provided.

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:

As at 20 September 2011, 2313 corporations were registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006. The table below provides details of the total number of corporations registered on a state/territory basis.

A list of registered corporations in each state/territory is available free of charge from the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) website, www.oric.gov.au. Thelist of registered corporations changes day-to-day and it is therefore recommended that the names of all registered corporation be downloaded directly from the ORIC website when it is required.