Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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Aboriginal Carbon Foundation | Aboriginal Carbon Foundation | Aboriginal Carbon Foundation is a national not-for-profit company building and nurturing a sustainable Aboriginal carbon industry. |
Carbon farming, Commercial development, Employment, Environment, Fire | Website | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Closed and open questions | Aurora | Explanation of closed and open questions. |
Decision making, Meetings | Information Sheet | |
Commissioner’s statement on PBIs | Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission | The purpose of this Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement is to provide guidance on the ACNC’s view on the meaning and scope of the charity subtype of ‘Public Benevolent Institution’ (PBI) for ACNC purposes. |
Government, NFP (Not-For-Profit) | Article / paper | |
Common types of decision making processes | Aurora | Outlines different methods of decision-making. |
Decision making, Meetings | Information Sheet | |
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. |
Caring for Country, Community development, Environment, Fire, Fishing, Land and sea management, Rangers / caring for country, Youth | Website | |
Good governance principles and guidance for not-for-profit organisations | Australian Institute of Company Directors | The objective of this Good Governance Principles and Guidance for Not-for-Profit Organisations (Principles and Guidance) is to share with the NFP community some key principles that are a useful starting point for NFP boards when considering what constitutes good governance practice (with regard to their particular circumstances). |
Governance, NFP (Not-For-Profit) | Guide | |
Good Governance Principles and Guidance for Not-for-Profit Organisations | Australian Institute of Company Directors | The Good Governance Principles and Guidance for Not-for-Profit Organisations (Principles and Guidance) have been created by the Australian Institute of Company Directors as part of their commitment to the not-for-profit (NFP) sector and its directors. The Principles and Guidance: • Are designed to promote and facilitate the crucial conversations and associated activities NFP organisations undertake regularly to achieve good governance. • Are not an attempt to formulate rules on what might constitute good governance practice for NFP organisations, or prescribe related behaviours and specific actions. |
Governance, NFP (Not-For-Profit) | Report | |
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 | |
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 | |
Lhere Artepe Policy and Procedure Guide | Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC | Policy and procedure guide for Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC |
Directors, Dispute management, Meetings, Policies, Reporting | Policy statement | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
ORACLE - AGM | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter with advice about running Annual General Meetings. |
Meetings, ORIC | Newsletter |