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 | |
APONT Independent Director Guide | Aboriginal Governance and Management Program (APONT) | Factsheet about having independent directors on the board. |
Directors, Independent directors | Information Sheet | |
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 | |
Closing the Gap report | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, National Indigenous Australians Agency | This Closing the Gap report is an opportunity to reflect on a decade’s efforts under an ambitious framework aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. |
Capacity building, Commercial development, Community development, Education, Health, Indigenous knowledge | Report | |
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 | |
Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights | In this report the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (the committee) considers the Stronger Futures legislation in the performance of its role of examining bills, Acts and legislative instruments for compatibility with human rights as defined in the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011. |
Education, Government, Health, Human rights | Report | |
Guide on AGMs impacted by covid-19 | Governance Institute of Australia | This guidance offers suggestions reflecting the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and associated regulation. Companies will need to consider their individual circumstances, including their constitutions and any other relevant matters. |
AGM (Annual General Meeting), Governance, Health | 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 | |
ORACLE - Independent Directors | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter about independent directors. Includes interviews with independent directors. |
Independent directors, ORIC | Newsletter | |
ORACLE - Independent Directors- can add a skill set | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations | ORIC newsletter about independent directors. |
Independent directors, ORIC | Newsletter | |
Top tips for Independent directors | Forum for Directors of Indigenous Organisations | Tips for Independent directors. |
Board, Independent directors | Information Sheet | |
Top tips for Independent directors on Traditional Owner boards | Forum for Directors of Indigenous Organisations | Factsheet for Independent directors on Traditional Owner boards. |
Board, Independent directors | Information Sheet | |
Top tips for recruiting an Independent Director | Forum for Directors of Indigenous Organisations | Factsheet about recruiting an Independent director for an Indigenous Corporation or trust |
Independent directors, Trusts | Information Sheet |