Resources and publications
Title | Author /s | Summary | Date | Tag(s) | Type |
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National picture: growth of Prescribed Bodies Corporate | Belinda Burbidge | 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 NTRU's analysis of the publicly available financial data submitted to the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC), and examines the financial growth and development of PBCs from the financial year 2010-11 to 2015-16. |
AIATSIS, Finance, Funding, ORIC, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Report | |
National picture: Small native title corporations – income and costs | Iain G. Johnston, Belinda Burbidge | 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 examines the distribution of wealth and growth of PBCs by size between the years 2010-11 and 2015-16 calculated in terms of net totals and growth rates in the areas of income, assets, equity and staff. |
AIATSIS, Finance, ORIC, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Report | |
Native Title Information Handbooks - PBC Funding and Training Guide | The Native Title Information Handbooks provide a summary of resources and information relating to key areas of native title. The Handbooks provide information about:
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Agreements, Determinations, Future acts, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Land and sea management, Land and water, NNTC (National Native Title Council), NTRB (Native Title Representative Body), NTSP (Native Title Service Provider), PBC Regulations, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Information Sheet | ||
Native Title Report 2005 | 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. |
Commercial development, Finance, Human rights, Legal, Native Title Act | Report | |
Native Title Report 2006 | 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. |
Agreements, Commercial development, Finance, Funding, Land rights, Mining, Water rights | Report | |
Ngarrindjeri Nation Yaruwar-Ruwe Plan | Ngarrindjeri people, South Australia | A key purpose of the plan was to better educate government and nongovernment agencies, researchers and the wider Australian public on Ngarrindjeri connection to Country and their associated rights and obligations to Yarluwar-Ruwe. |
Culture, Land and sea management, Land and water, Land rights, Water rights | Report | |
Our Country Our Way: Guidelines for Australian Indigenous Protected Area Management Plans | R Hill, F Walsh, J Davies, M Sandford | Our Country Our Way has been written for the managers of IPAs, IPA and Co-Management Consultation Projects, and their staff. Their primary aim is to provide practical guidance about how to achieve Management Plans that recognise the connections between Indigenous people, country, traditional law and culture, while also meeting national and international standards for protected area management. In so doing, this document invites planners and others to enter an Indigenous conceptual terrain and consider some highly innovative and at times challenging intercultural adaptations. The Guidelines draw on examples from IPAs and Co-Management Consultation Projects around Australia to illustrate the unique cultural settings and vibrant Indigenous management strategies on country. |
Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, IPA (Indigenous Protected Areas), Land and sea management | Report | |
PBCs Working in Two Worlds | Aurora | The first document sets out some background information about what a lawyer is and their duty to you as a client. The second document outlines some questions that you may like to ask a lawyer when you are seeking advice on native title matters. |
Governance, Government, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous law, Legal, PBCs (Prescribed Body / Bodies Corporate) | Website | |
Planning for the future: maximising native title compensation through the use of future funds | Pamela Kaye, Glenys Hayes | A number of native title groups have seeded their own Future Funds and are growing an asset base to meet the needs of future generations. We will discuss the governance policies, investment strategies and transparent reporting structures of Future Funds, including their ability to take a long term view of investments and ride out world economic cycles. In Griffiths v Northern Territory of Australia (Timber Creek Decision) the Federal Court ordered that the Northern Territory Government pay $3.3M including $1,488,261 for interest, to the Traditional Owners as compensation. The court considered that ‘the appropriate interest calculation is simple interest’ as there was insufficient commercial activity to justify compounding returns. In this presentation we will explore how investing a portion of available funds in a Future Fund may influence the courts to apply compound interest. Economic modelling will demonstrate that with a Future Fund the settlement amount could’ve been entirely different. |
Compensation, Finance, Funding, Trusts | Presentation | |
Remuneration - a report benchmarking the salaries of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | A report detailing information obtained from corporations registered under the CATSI Act on remuneration and other benefits paid to directors, senior managers and other staff. |
Bookkeeping, Commercial development, Finance, Governance, ORIC | Report | |
Social Justice and Native Title Report 2016 | 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. |
Commercial development, Finance, Heritage, Native Title Act | Report | |
Solid work you mob are doing: Case Studies in Indigenous Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management in Australia | National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, AIATSIS, Community Justice Centres, Legal Aid, Northern Territory Government, State Government Victoria | The Indigenous Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management Case Study Project aims to provide evidence-based research and resources to support the development of more effective approaches to managing conflict involving Indigenous Australians. The objective of the Project is to deliver recognition and support for the solid work that is being carried out and to enable current practices to be refined and extended. Its conclusions are intended to support, consolidate and build on Indigenous knowledge and experience. They are not intended as a substitute for that knowledge and experience. |
Dispute management, Indigenous law, Legal | Report | |
Special administrations: what funding agencies, creditors and employees should know | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | This fact sheet provides general information for funding agencies, creditors and employees about special administrations under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act). |
Finance, Governance, ORIC, Special administration | Information Sheet | |
Thuwathu / Bujimulla Sea Country Plan | Peoples from the Wellesley Island region | This plan is to explain cultural relationship of the Aboriginal Traditional Owners of the Wellesley Islands region of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria and obligations to the Sea Country, and to outline their ideas and commitments for its sustainable use and management. |
Land and sea management, Land and water, Land rights, Water rights | Report |