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Glossary

2004 Amendment Act: Aboriginal Lands (Amendment) Act 2004 (Vic)
ALA:Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 (Vic)
AGM:Annual General Meeting
Auditor:A person appointed and authorised to inspect the accounts and records of an organisation and check the organisation is complying with the rules that govern it.
CATSI Act:Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)
Charter:Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006 (Vic)
CEO:Chief Executive Officer
Committee of Management:The governing body of the Trust, responsible for managing the Trust and the Trust Land, and elected by Members.
Corporation:an entity with “legal personality” which means it can act as a person by entering into contracts, buying and selling land etc.
Discussion Paper:Paper published in 2017 by First Peoples State Relations for a further review of the ALA.
Dividends:A payment made by a company or organisation to its shareholders to distribute profits.
Executor:The executor of a Will is responsible for carrying out the wishes of a person after they die.
First Peoples State Relations:First Peoples – State Relations, Department of Premier and Cabinet. Formerly Aboriginal Victoria.
Framlingham ALT Submission:Framlingham Aboriginal Land Trust Submission
Freehold title:To hold a freehold title over land is to have full and free control and ownership of it into the future.
GLaWAC:Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation
Governance:When referring to companies and organisations, governance relates to the set of systems, practices, rules and processes the organisation operates under.
Government:Victorian Government
LTAT Submission:
Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust Submission
Members:
The people who own a share in the Trust. The original Members were people who were living on the Trust Land on a certain day specified in the ALA. Members may have passed on their shares, for example to relatives, who then become Members.
Minister:
The Minister responsible for administering the ALA, currently being the Victorian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
NSWALC:
New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
ORIC:
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations.
ORIC or CATSI Corporation:
A corporation established under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) and regulated by ORIC. This structure is similar to a company limited by guarantee and strives to take into account Aboriginal customs and traditions. This structure is only available for organisations that meet an Indigeneity requirement.
poll vote:
Where each member at a general meeting has one vote. However, if there is a request by 5 members who are present at the meeting or by 10% of the total number of members present at the meeting, the number of votes that each individual may cast is determined according to how many shares that person owns.
Quorum:
The minimum number of members needed at a meeting for the proceedings and decisions made to be valid.
Reviewers:
Jason Behrendt and Tim Goodwin
Shareholders:
Another term for Members.
Trust:
The body corporate established by the ALA which owns the Trust Land. It comprises the Members of the Trust but is a separate legal entity from the Members of the Trust.
Trusts:The Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust and Framlingham Aboriginal Trust
Trust Land:The land owned by each of the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust and the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust under the ALA.

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