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Oct 11 2023
How strong rules and ineffective rules affect your governance
Strong rules Ineffective rules Decision-making Decision making is more transparent, winning support from members and staff Governance is less effective and legitimate Relationships Cooperative...
Oct 10 2023
The Alekarenge Community Development Working Group
In 2012, the Alekarenge traditional owners received compensation from the federal government This was for compulsory 5-year leases taken out by the community during the Northern Territory Emergency Response1In Jun...
Oct 10 2023
Evolving governance
Winners and finalists of the 2022 Indigenous Governance Awards share how their governance has grown and changed over time...
Oct 10 2023
The importance of Country at Purple House
Purple House is an Aboriginal-owned and run health service in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory They operate remote dialysis clinics in more than 15 communities across the Northern Territory, as well as a mo...
Oct 10 2023
CATSI Act compared to the Corporations Act
Feature CATSI Act Corporations Act Company structure Corporation Company limited by guarantee (most common structure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups) Naming Business name must include the w...
Oct 10 2023
Deciding whether to incorporate
Feature Incorporated Unincorporated Activities A separate legal entity that can do things in its own name: open a bank account arrange insurance sign documents enter into contracts (for example, to e...
Oct 10 2023
NPY Women’s Council: Building your cultural guiding principles into your rule book
NPY Women’s Council (NPYWC) was set up in 1980 and incorporated in 1994 The organisation was founded in response to the concerns of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women across the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Ya...
Nov 17 2016
The Marruk Project on the advantages of non-incorporation
The Marruk Project was awarded First Place in Category B of the 2014 Indigenous Governance Awards Here Project Manager Angela Frost explains the benefits of being a non-incorporated entity – the project can...
Nov 16 2016
How the MWG came together
The Muntjiltjarra Wurrgumu Group (MWG) was awarded Highly Commended Category B in the 2014 Indigenous Governance Awards MWG members Regina Ashwin and Stacey Petterson outline how the MWG came together as a represe...
Dec 20 2012
NPY Women’s Council on getting started
NPY Women’s Council chairperson Yanyi Bandicha and co-ordinator Andrea Mason talk about NPY Women’s Council’s purpose, how they got started and how they’re governed...
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