Governance - 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, valid through to 30 June 2020.

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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