Intersex Human Rights Australia

Background

Intersex Human Rights Australia Ltd is an independent, not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, first registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on 6 May 2010.

Our name changed from Organisation Intersex International Australia at a Special General Meeting on 4 March 2018 and this change of name was approved by ASIC on 5 March 2018.

Our ACN (company number) is 143 506 594.
Our ABN (business number) is 73 143 506 594.

As a charitable organisation, we are also registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC).

On 7 February 2014, we received endorsement by the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient and Public Benevolent Institution. This means that donations are tax deductible for donors. This status was backdated to 3 December 2012. We have GST, Income Tax and FBT exemptions dating from 1 January 2011.

We have received Equivalency Determination status from TechSoup/NGO Source. Intersex Human Rights Australia’s Equivalency Determination certification is valid through June 30, 2021.

Constitution

• Constitution (as from 2015 AGM)
• Proxy form

Reports by year

2019

• Read a summary of board and staffing news
• Annual General Meeting, 2019, on 17 November 2019 in Hobsons Bay, Altona, Victoria, and via Zoom teleconferencing, at 10.30am (NSW/VIC/ACT) / 9.30am (QLD) / 10am (SA): Agenda (DOCX), Minutes of 2018 AGM (DOCX), Financial Report (PDF)

2018

• A Special General Meeting was held on 4 March 2018 to change the name of the company from Organisation Intersex International Australia to Intersex Human Rights Australia. The name change was approved by members present and via proxy. The new name was added to our list of trading names at ACNC on the same day. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission approved our change of name on Monday 5 March 2018, and the name registered at ACNC was subsequently also updated. Read our media statement.
• Annual General Meeting, 2018, on 1 December 2018 via teleconference and at the offices of the National LGBTI Health Alliance, at 1pm (NSW/Vic/ACT), 12pm (QLD), 12.30pm (SA): agenda, minutes of 2017 AGM, accounts.
• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Annual Information Statement, 2018

2017

• Annual General Meeting, 2017, on 19 November 2017 via teleconference at 4pm (NSW/VIC), 3pm (QLD), 3.30pm (SA): agenda, accounts
• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Annual Information Statement, 2017

2016

• Annual General Meeting, 2016, on 11 December 2016 via teleconference at 7pm (NSW/VIC), 6pm (QLD), 6.30pm (SA): agenda, accounts
• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Annual Information Statement, 2016

2015

• Annual General Meeting, 2015, on 15 November 2015: agenda, draft accounts, proposals
• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Annual Information Statement, 2015

2014

• Annual General Meeting, 2014, on 9 November 2014: papers and summary
• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Annual information Statement, 2014

2013

• Annual General Meeting, 2013, on 1 September 2013: summary of board changes
• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Annual Information Statement, 2013

Directors and staff

We are managed by a board of directors. Under our constitution, board members are appointed annually at Annual General Meetings. Directors may be coopted between those meetings, to serve until the next AGM. We also have a small number of part-time staff.

Affiliations

We are members of the following:

• Australian Child Rights Taskforce
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)
• The National LGBTI Health Alliance, Australia.
• Organisation Internationale des Intersexués (OII), a decentralised network of intersex organisations

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