Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
Information for PBCs on changes to native title laws and obligations | CATSI Act, Decision making, Dispute management, Exemptible rules, Future acts, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Legal, Native Title Act, Native title holder, PBC Regulations, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Reporting | Fact sheet | |||
Information sheets for PBCs | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | Information about the roles and functions of PBCs under the CATSI Act, the Native Title Act and the PBC regulations. |
CATSI Act, PBC Regulations, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Information Sheet | |
International laws and developments relating to Indigenous knowledge in Australia | Maiko Sentina, Elizabeth Mason, Terri Janke, David Wenitong | This paper provides a snapshot of international instruments that Australia is a member to or is involved with across intellectual property, environment, human rights, cultural heritage and trade, shedding light on the discussions around Indigenous Knowledge protection and management. |
Environment, Heritage, Human rights, Indigenous knowledge, Legal | Article / paper | |
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 | |
Meeting templates | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | Series of templates and example policy documents for organisations registered under the CATSI Act. |
CATSI Act, Meetings, ORIC | Information Sheet | |
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 | |
Minutes of Meetings | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | Factsheet about keeping meeting minutes for Indigenous corporations registered under the CATSI Act. |
CATSI Act, Meetings, Minutes, ORIC | Information Sheet | |
Native Title Report 2008 | 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. |
Caring for Country, Environment, Indigenous knowledge, Land and sea management, Water rights | Report | |
ORACLE - Does your rulebook need a spring clean? | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter about making changes to a corporation rulebook (constitution) |
CATSI Act, Constitutions, ORIC, Rule book | Newsletter | |
PBC decision-making, certification and fees for service discussion paper | CATSI Act, Compensation, Decision making, Exemptible rules, Fee for service, ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement), Legal, Members, Native Title Act, Native title holder, PBC Regulations, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate), Rule book | Fact sheet | |||
Sustainable development through asset leasing | Graeme Smith, Ray McInnes, Gordon Noonan | This panel explores an approach to leveraging the income streams of native title groups and other Indigenous organisations in order to finance community development projects or local businesses. The approach involves the use of asset leasing solutions developed by IBA which supports Indigenous groups to sustainably manage their business or community development assets. IBA has been able to support a number of Indigenous organisations around Australia using asset leasing solutions to acquire a very diverse range of assets, including for civil construction assets, demountable accommodation, vehicles, machinery and equipment. The panel will explore a case-study, where IBA and Manungurra Aboriginal Corporation have been working together to finance the acquisition of Manungurra’s community development assets including vehicles and solar panels with battery storage for outstation housing. These assets are part of a broader Manungurra community development plan which aims to ensure traditional owners are supported in their goal to live independently on-country Ray McInnes' presentation can be downloaded here. Graeme Smith & Gordon Noonan's presentation can be downloaded below. |
Business, Commercial development, Community development, Environment, Land and sea management | Presentation | |
The Registrar’s powers to intervene | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | This policy statement provides an overview of the Registrar’s regulatory and enforcement powers; outlines the Registrar’s considerations in deciding whether to use his or her powers to intervene; indicates the kind of circumstances that might cause the Registrar to intervene and refers to other policy statements that focus on particular powers. |
CATSI Act, Policies | Policy statement | |
The rule book - condensed | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | Example rule book that corporations can use to make their own rule book that complies with the CATSI Act and suits their needs. This rule book satisfies the requirements for most corporations registering under the CATSI Act. This rule book satisfies the requirements for a constitution under the CATSI Act and includes some good governance ideas. It keeps some of the ‘replaceable rules’ under the CATSI Act, and replaces others. It doesn’t include all of the set law under the CATSI Act. |
CATSI Act, Constitutions, ORIC, Rule book | Information Sheet | |
The Rule Book - Info Kit | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | The rule book info kit is comprehensive and takes advantage of the full range of options under the CATSI Act. It includes extra information and notes to help corporations pick and tailor rules. It is a longer document which includes set laws from the CATSI Act which cannot be changed (rules that apply to all corporations) as well as:
Additional resources associated with The Rule Book - Info Kit can be found by following this link. |
CATSI Act, Constitutions, Rule book | Information Sheet | |
The rule book - short (pictorial) | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | This book contains pictures to help explain some of the concepts within the rule book. |
CATSI Act, Constitutions, ORIC, Rule book | Information Sheet | |
What’s in the corporation rulebook? | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC fact sheet about corporation’s rule book. |
CATSI Act, ORIC, Rule book | Fact sheet |