1 in 3 Aboriginal Corporations Behind on Reporting Obligations: Registrar

A total of 1,254 Indigenous corporations have failed to submit important reports including financials, despite dealing in millions of dollars.

A mural of the Aboriginal flag adorn a wall in Sydney, Australia, on April 7, 1998. Torsten Blackwood/AFP via Getty Images

More than 1,200 Australian Aboriginal corporations have failed to submit major reports on time, according to data from the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC).

ORIC data shows 1,254 organisations in default, including 26 major corporations, some of which have not lodged financial, general, auditor, or director reports from 2023-24.