Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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Guidelines for best practice flexible and sustainable agreement making | AIATSIS Research | This Best Practice Guide is designed to provide practical guidance for government parties on the behaviours, attitudes and practices that can achieve flexible, broad and efficient resolutions of native title. It identifies a range of common factors indicative of successful broader land settlements that may be applied or adapted to the circumstances of particular settlements. |
Agreements, AIATSIS | Guide | |
Guidelines for ethical research in Australian Indigenous studies | AIATSIS | This revised comprehensive review of AIATSIS sets the highest standards of ethics and support for human rights in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. While the principles in the 2012 edition are largely retained, they have been reorganised into a new framework and augmented to reflect emerging standards and developments. |
AIATSIS, Capacity building, Data sovereignty, Ethics, Research | Guide | |
How to adopt condensed rules under the CATSI Act | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | Steps to adopting the condensed rules under the CATSI Act |
CATSI Act, Constitutions, ORIC, Rule book | Information Sheet | |
Implementing native title: Indigenous leadership in land and water livelihoods | Rod Kennett, Tran Tran, Leah Talbot, Timothy Heffernan Matthew Barton | This report is based on the workshop, Implementing native title: Indigenous leadership in land and water livelihoods, held at the 2015 National Native Title Conference, 16-18 June, Port Douglas, Queensland. It details the ways several Indigenous communities from around Australia are implementing their rights and interests following the restitution of their land and sea territories. |
AIATSIS, Carbon farming, Fishing, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Indigenous knowledge, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Land and sea management, Rangers / caring for country | Report | |
In the Native Title 'hot tub': expert conferences and concurrent expert evidence in Native Title | Vance Hughston, Tina Jowett | In the Native Title ‘hot tub’ outlines the history and development of expert conferencing and expert concurrent evidence in Australia, including in the Federal Court. These approaches to expert evidence are a major development of the last decade, greatly reducing the hearing time of Native Title proceedings and the costs to the parties involved. The authors explore how expert conferences and concurrent evidence can narrow the issues in the Native Title claims of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, discussing in particular their experiences in four recent cases. |
AIATSIS, Finance, Native Title Act | Article / paper | |
Independent director guide | Aboriginal Governance and Management Program | This guidebook provides information on how to select independent directors for the Aboriginal boardroom. |
Board, Directors, Members, ORIC | Guide | |
Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project | AIATSIS | The Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project (‘IFaMP’ or ‘the Project’), located in the Native Title Research Unit at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, commenced in July 2003 and completed its third and final year in June 2006. The Project supported best practice approaches to Indigenous decision-making and conflict management, particularly in relation to the Native Title Act 1993, which emphasises agreement-making through non-adversarial approaches, such as mediation, facilitation and negotiation. This final report of the AIATSIS Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project provides a detailed discussion of the project, its findings and best practice approaches. |
AIATSIS, Dispute management, Resolution | Report | |
Indigenous partnerships in protected area management in Australia: three case studies | Toni Bauman, Dr Dermot Smyth | AIATSIS completed three case studies in the joint management of conservation and Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) in partnership with the Australian Collaboration, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and the Poola Foundation (Tom Kantor Fund), as part of the AIATSIS 'Success in Aboriginal Organisations' Project. Within this project, Ms Toni Bauman completed a case study of Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park. Mr Dermot Smyth carried out two case studies on the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area and the Booderee National Park in the ACT. |
AIATSIS, Environment, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Joint Management | Book | |
Innovating to Succeed Forum | Aboriginal Governance and Management Program (APONT) | In 2017 the APONT Aboriginal Governance & Management Program facilitated a NT-wide forum for senior managers and board members of NT Aboriginal organisations, bringing them together to network and share stories to strengthen and build their capacity in management and governance. This report provides an overview of the presentations from this forum. |
Capacity building, Constitutions, Directors, Governance, Rule book, Staff | Report | |
Joint management of protected areas in Australia: native title and other pathways towards a community of practice | Toni Bauman, Claire Stacey, Gabrielle Lauder | On 3 and 4 April 2012, the Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport (NRETAS) and the Native Title Research Unit (NTRU) at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) convened a workshop of state, territory and Commonwealth government staff working in joint management and native title at the Alice Springs Desert Park. The workshop was titled Joint Management of Protected Areas in Australia: Native Title and Other Pathways towards a Community of Practice. This report captures the workshop where government staff working in joint management shared information about their approach and identified practical issues in developing a community of practice.
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AIATSIS, Community development, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Joint Management | Report | |
Karajarri: A West Kimberley Experience in Managing Native Title | Jessica Weir | In 2002 and 2004 Karajarri had their native title rights and interests recognised to over 31,000 square kilometres of land in the West Kimberley, south of Broome. This is an area about half the size of Tasmania. Here there are pastoral stations, mining interests, coastal and desert lands, and the large Aboriginal community of Bidyadanga. Karajarri had one of the first native title determinations to be recognised in the Kimberley and had the first native title application in which applicants were represented exclusively by the Kimberley Land Council. |
Agreements, AIATSIS, Governance, Land and sea management | Article / paper | |
Living with native title: the experiences of registered native title corporations | Toni Bauman, Lisa M Strelein, Jessica K Weir | Much of the attention paid to native title in Australia has focused on court proceedings and other legalities, but what does it actually mean to live with native title? This book presents the experiences of native title holders and the corporations they have established to look after their native title interests. The influence of the renowned High Court Mabo case is such that there are already more than 100 Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate (RNTBCs) across Australia with responsibilities for about 18 per cent of the continent. RNTBCs operate in a profoundly intercultural context where ‘western’ and Indigenous laws are constantly interpreted and negotiated as part of a new suite of landholding and land management practices for contemporary Australia. Through seven case studies from the Torres Strait, Far North Queensland, the Kimberley and Central Australia, Living with native title documents the experiences of RNTBCs, including those that are parties to large mining agreements. Each case study is accompanied by a short update written immediately prior to publication. Living with native title is a product of the AIATSIS research project Prescribed Bodies Corporate: Research Action Partnerships. |
Agreements, AIATSIS, Future acts, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, Joint Management, Native Title Act, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body), Partnerships | Book | |
Making decisions | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter about making decisions. |
Decision making, Meetings, Members, ORIC | Newsletter | |
Managing conflict: A guide for boards | Governing Good | This guidebook provides information about how a board member in a non-profit or voluntary organization manages conflict. |
Board, Directors, Members, NFP (Not-For-Profit), Volunteering | Guide | |
Maps to Success: Successful strategies in Indigenous Organisations | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | This publication is intended for Indigenous communities and organisations, and aimed at promulgating successful management initiatives that could be adopted by other organisations working in similar fields. Indigenous communities can use this handbook as a practical source of ideas and an inspiration for adoption and adaptation. Information is organised in this handbook as a tour through a typical organisation, starting at the front door and moving through the different areas or rooms. Readers can go directly to their main area of interest, such as the accounts department, read straight through or browse. The plans do not represent any particular organisation. At the end of the book, there are brief snapshots of the participating organisations. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution to any issue. In fact, many organisations have found different solutions to the same problems. The road to success is always under construction. |
AIATSIS, Commercial development, Community development, Governance, Leadership | Report | |
Meetings for Members | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | Guide for running general meetings for corporations registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act). |
CATSI Act, Meetings, Members, ORIC | Information Sheet | |
Member's Rights | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | Outline of the rights of members of Indigenous corporations. |
CATSI Act, Members, ORIC | Information Sheet | |
Name, Vision, Preamble, Principles, Objectives | Northern Institute, CDU | Guide to developing a corporation's vision, preamble, guiding principles and objectives. |
Constitutions, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Rule book | Information Sheet | |
National PBC Funding and Training Guide | The NTRU has compiled toolkits for Prescibed Bodies Corporate (PBCs). These toolkits have been created to assist native title holders to access information and resources regarding funding and training opportunities that may be relevant to their PBCs. The need for such toolkits was highlighted in the 2007 Australian Government report ‘Structures and Processes of Prescribed Bodies Corporate’ (Recommendation 2). National PBC Funding & Training Guide 2017 The national toolkit provides information and access to resources about:
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AIATSIS, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Training | Information Sheet | ||
National picture: Constitutions of Prescribed Bodies Corporate | Ashleigh Blechynden | The Prescribed Body Corporate (PBC) research snapshot series has been developed to share findings from the Native Title Research Unit’s (NTRU) investigation into the constitutions and financial reports of PBCs. This research forms part of the PBC Capability project which aims to develop a long-term national picture of the PBC sector. This snapshot provides an overview of the main findings from this research and identifies key areas where PBCs have adapted their constitutions from the default rules offered by the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC). |
AIATSIS, Constitutions, ORIC, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Rule book | Report |