Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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AGM Road mapping tool | Norton Rose Fulbright | This AGM roadmap has been updated to reflect the significant rule changes that have recently been made for virtual meetings. It remains a user-friendly tool that can be adapted to your entity’s specific needs. In addition to a clear list of deliverables, the roadmap provides you with a regulatory background for each step and prompts you to take action within automatically-generated deadlines. |
AGM (Annual General Meeting), Meetings | Guide | |
AIATSIS Submission to review of the CATSI Act: Phase two | Dr Lisa Strelein, Ophelia Rubinich, Casey Millward | Since 2016, AIATSIS has contributed to a number of reviews of the CATSI Act including the Technical Review of the CATSI Act (2017) and CATSI Review Phase 1 (2020). Throughout this report, the AIATSIS researchers refer to the AIATSIS submissions for both of these reviews. |
AIATSIS, CATSI Act, Compliance, Policies, Rule book | Report | |
Big meeting checklist | Aurora | Checklist to help prepare for large community meetings. |
AGM (Annual General Meeting), Meetings | Checklist | |
Board Code of Conduct | PBC website | This template can be used to establish a plain English Code of Conduct for board members or your general PBC staff. |
Board, CEO, Chairperson, Code of Conduct, Induduction, Secretary, Staff | Checklist | |
Board induction checklist | PBC website | This board induction checklist provides a downloadable template for your PBC to formalise the induction process of new board members. It contains suggestions on documents to be included in an induction kit and when and by whom the new board is inducted. |
Board, Induduction, Succession Planning | Checklist | |
Caring for country and sustainable Indigenous development: Opportunities, constraints and innovation | John Altman, Peter Whitehead | This paper explores how Indigenous community-based natural resource management can generate both conservation benefit and economic development opportunity. We begin by noting that much of the Indigenous estate in north Australia is either thinly populated or unpopulated. There is emerging evidence that, in situations where Indigenous people live on their country, ecological and wider benefits are generated via favourable fire regimes, control over weed infestations, and potentially through feral animal harvesting. When people are on country, they generate economic benefit for themselves by harvesting wildlife for consumption and engage with the market sector by using natural resources in commercial enterprise like arts and crafts production. We argue that there is a strong correlation between such activities and cost-effective natural resource management. Links between landcare, wildlife use and biodiversity conservation need to be recognized, celebrated and supported. The removal of many barriers to enhanced and innovative Indigenous participation in such activities, and equitable public support through programs like Landcare, will facilitate sustainable economic development options that are compatible with Indigenous priorities, while ameliorating Indigenous disadvantage. |
CAEPR, Caring for Country, Commercial development, Community development, Environment, Fire, Land and sea management | Article / paper | |
CEO accountability | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter about CEO accountability. |
Board, CEO, Governance, ORIC, PBC Regulations | Newsletter | |
Closed and open questions | Aurora | Explanation of closed and open questions. |
Decision making, Meetings | Information Sheet | |
Common types of decision making processes | Aurora | Outlines different methods of decision-making. |
Decision making, Meetings | Information Sheet | |
Contested Governance: Culture, power and institutions in Indigenous Australia | Janet Hunt, Diane Smith, Stephanie Garling, Will Sanders (eds) | This collection of papers examines the dilemmas and challenges involved in the Indigenous struggle for the development and recognition of systems of governance that they recognise as both legitimate and effective. |
CAEPR, Governance, Indigenous knowledge, Leadership | Book | |
Effective Governance: Board Dispute Resolution Policy | Effective governance | An guide to creating a board dispute resolution policy. |
Board, Dispute management | Information Sheet | |
Governance for good: The ACNC’s guide for charity board members | Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission | This guide is for people who are, or are thinking of becoming, board members of a charity registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). It focuses on good governance and how it helps charities in the context of their obligations. |
Board, Charity, Governance | Guide | |
Governance Rules and Policies | Indigenous Governance Toolkit | The topic 'Rules and policies' from the Indigenous Governance Toolkit has six sections,
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Decision making, Governance, Meetings, Policies | Toolkit | |
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 | |
Independent Directory | ORIC | Independent Directory connects skilled and interested people looking to become an independent director with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations looking to appoint the right independent directors to their boards. It is a free service that allows: *Individuals to register an interest in being an independent director, identifying their experience and skills. *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations to promote board vacancies. The service finds matches and allows candidates and corporations to initiate contact with each other. Candidates and corporations are in control of how much detail they reveal about themselves to the public and what they show only to their connections. |
Board, Directors, Independent directors, ORIC | Website | |
Indigenous Community Governance Project: Year Two Research Findings | J. Hunt and D.E Smith | This is the second research report by the Indigenous Community Governance Project (ICGP). The ICGP is exploring the nature of Indigenous community governance in Australia - to understand what works, what doesn’t work, and why. The first report, based on 2005 fieldwork, was published as CAEPR Working Paper No. 31/2006. This report brings together findings from the fieldwork conducted during 2006, based on evidence drawn from case studies of Indigenous governance in action within differing community, geographical, cultural and political settings across the nation. |
CAEPR, Governance | Report | |
Joint statement on board minutes | Australian Institute of Company Directors, Governance Institute of Australia | In this statement, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and Governance Institute of Australia (Governance Institute) summarise key principles, provide their view on matters to be included in minutes, and consider the approach to board papers and document retention policies. |
Board, Minutes | Article / paper | |
Legal context for PBC decision making | Aurora | Information sheet about decision-making for PBCs. |
Decision making, Governance, Legal, Meetings, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Information Sheet | |
Legal issues in transferring research materials from NTRB/SPs to RNTBCs | Angus Frith | Native title materials created in the process of native title, land claim and cultural heritage work include individual statements, expert reports, genealogies, field notes and other materials. This paper addresses some of the legal issues arising in relation to the transfer of research material from NTRB/SPs to RNTBCs. |
Compliance, ICIP (Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property), Legal, Native title holder, Native title materials, NTRB (Native Title Representative Body), NTSP (Native Title Service Provider), PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Presentation | |
Let’s talk about success: exploring factors behind positive change in Aboriginal communities | Janet Hunt | This paper draws on interviews with leaders of successful Aboriginal organisations to understand the factors behind the successes that they are achieving in their communities. |
CAEPR, Community development, Making it work | Article / paper |