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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.

2020 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. 

2020 Board, Induduction, Succession Planning Checklist
CEO accountability Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

ORIC newsletter about CEO accountability. 

2018 Board, CEO, Governance, ORIC, PBC Regulations Newsletter
Communicating with youth workbook for PBCs

PBCs have to think about succession. This workbook is for PBCs who want to engage with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in their community and region. It provides information, practical tips and ideas how to communicate and get them involved.

2020 Communication, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Youth Workbook
Country needs People Country needs People

The Country Needs People campaign is fighting for the growth and security of opportunities for land and sea country management by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

2017 Caring for Country, Community development, Environment, Fire, Fishing, Land and sea management, Rangers / caring for country, Youth Website
Effective Governance: Board Dispute Resolution Policy Effective governance

An guide to creating a board dispute resolution policy.

2015 Board, Dispute management Information Sheet
Gender and generation in native title: Director demographics and the future of prescribed bodies corporate Geoff Buchanan

While gender and age are often noted as being important dimensions of Indigenous leadership and governance, they have rarely been examined in detail. This paper focuses specifically on the gender and age of directors on the boards of prescribed bodies corporate (PBCs), the corporations established to hold and/or manage native title rights and interests.

A predominant view persists of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women as excluded or marginalised in native title. Statistical data for the year 2011–12 reveals, however, that women’s representation on PBC boards is higher than that found in mainstream sectors, while the literature reveals a complex picture of cultural, historical, demographic, institutional and intercultural factors that influence men’s and women’s participation and power in the native title arena.

A key generational concern is the relatively low number of older people and the growing number of young people in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Viewed in relation to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population and projected changes, the pool of potential PBC directors looks likely to grow in coming years. This paper argues that, as an increasingly significant sector, PBCs have the potential to both contribute to and benefit from the strengthening of community capacity but this potential will not be realised until the constraints on the capacity of PBCs to meet their statutory obligations and pursue native title holder aspirations are addressed.

2015 Directors, Leadership, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Youth Article / paper
Gkuthaarn and Kukatj Land and Sea Country Plan GKuthaarn and Kukatj Traditional Owners, Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation

The Gkuthaarn and Kukatj Land and Saltwater Country Plan is a strategic document that provides a framework for our people and our partners to work together to care for all the natural and cultural values of our country, while providing a sustainable livelihood for our community and others with rights and interests in our land and saltwater country. 

2014 Commercial development, Community development, Employment, Environment, Indigenous knowledge, Land and sea management, Tourism, Youth Report
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.

2018 Board, Charity, Governance Guide
Guide to applying for DGR status Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)

This resource aims to support the many local community initiatives that could go a long way to addressing our communities’ needs and dreams — if only the resources, time and money were available. 

2016 Education, Funding, Youth Guide
Independent director guide Aboriginal Governance and Management Program

This guidebook provides information on how to select independent directors for the Aboriginal boardroom. 

2016 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.

2017 Board, Directors, Independent directors, ORIC Website
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.

2019 Board, Minutes Article / paper
Leadership Indigenous Governance Toolkit

The topic 'Leadership' from the Indigenous Governance Toolkit has seven sections,

  1. Leadership for governance
  2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership
  3. The challenges of leadership
  4. Evaluating your leadership
  5. Youth leadership and succession planning
  6. Building leadership capacity to govern
  7. Case studies
2017 Governance, Leadership, Succession Planning, Youth Information Sheet
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. 

2016 Board, Directors, Members, NFP (Not-For-Profit), Volunteering Guide
Nothing Succeeds Like Succession: Succession Planning for Not-for-Profits Our Community

Ourcommunity.com.au provides useful resources for succession planning in Not-for-Profit organisations. 

This website details the changes and processes of the board, staffing, and donors, whilst also covering topics on documentation, recruitment, and induction.

2017 Governance, Succession Planning, Youth Website
Reflections on a native title anthropology field school Andrew McWilliam, Jodi Neale

Anthropologists play a significant role in the native title system in Australia, especially in undertaking connection research to demonstrate the evidentiary basis of claims. In 2010, recognising the lack of sufficiently qualified anthropologists working in native title, the Australian Government introduced a grants program to attract and retain practitioners. This paper describes a field school in the Northern Territory that was funded through the Native Title Anthropologist Grants Program. Through dialogue and interaction with the Aboriginal community, the organisers aimed to expose and interpret ideas, practices, memories, mythologies, relationships and other aspects of society and culture in the terms required for the demonstration of native title. Both novel and successful, the field school points the way for future training initiatives in native title anthropology.

2015 AIATSIS, Education, Youth Report
Report on the Indigenous Youth Forum Stacey Little, Thaarramali Pearson

The National Native Title Conference 2016 (the conference) was co-convened by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and the Northern Land Council, and hosted by the Larrakia people in Darwin, Northern Territory, 1-3 June 2016.

With the success of past Indigenous talking circles, such as the men’s and women’s circles at the conference each year, and a growing level of recognition of the importance and value of Indigenous youth voices in the native title sector, this year’s conference program became host to the inaugural Indigenous youth forum.

The forum, comprising two talking circles held on the first and last day of the conference, aimed to maximise the potential attendance of conference delegates under the age of 35 years. The forum was facilitated by Natalie Rotumah, CEO of NTSCorp, and attended by 24 delegates from the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Also in attendance was Professor Taiaiake Alfred, international keynote speaker and Professor of Indigenous Governance and Political Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Professor Alfred led discussions around cultural resurgence and confidence and provided an international perspective on the issues discussed by the delegates, using his extensive experience advising First Nations governments on Indigenous land, governance and youth issues. The delegates shared their native title experiences and aspirations, and examined the barriers to their participation in the native title sector. The delegates then explored ways of overcoming the barriers to achieve increased youth involvement in the sector.

2016 AIATSIS, Native Title Act, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Succession Planning, Youth Report
Social Justice and Native Title Report 2015 Australian Human Rights Commission

Under the Native Title Act 1993, the Social Justice Commissioner is required to prepare a Native Title Report each year for federal Parliament. Through these reports the Commissioner gives a human rights perspective on native title issues and advocates for practical co-existence between Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups in using land.

2015 Childhood, Community development, Disability, Native Title Act, Youth Report
Taungurung Decision-Making Guide Toni Bauman, Belinda Burbidge, Chris Marshall

Taungurung Land and Waters Council and AIATSIS collaboratively produced a decision-making guide for Taungurung people to use in governance.

The guide contains practical information on:

  • Compliance and legal requirements
  • Decision-making models
  • Separation of powers
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Subsidiarity
  • Cultural governance

The guide is of practical use for Taungurung Land and Waters Council in governance, assisting communication and engagement, inducting new board members, and managing disagreements about procedures and policies.

It will also be of interest to other Indigenous corporations that are working on their own decision-making structures, processes and models, particularly native title Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) and other traditional owner corporations.

2019 AIATSIS, Board, CEO, Chairperson, Decision making, Directors, Dispute management, Governance, Members, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) Guide

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