Resources
Here you can see all the resources of the toolkit laid out on one page. You can view a single resource by clicking it’s title, or a summary of all the resources in a topic by clicking view all.
01 Understanding governance
View all- Video: The Marruk Project on the advantages of non-incorporation
- Video: The Marruk Project on community governance
- Video: Waltja women in governance
- Video: What community-controlled governance means at IUIH
- Video: The significance of effective governance for IUIH
- Video: How the Yiriman Project works with young women
- Video: The guiding principles of the NPY Women’s Council
- Video: Martumili Artists on how their un-incorporated organisation works
- Video: Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly and self-determination
- Video: How MG Corporation’s governance works
- Link: ORIC Rule Book
- File: Check-up: Effective legitimate governance
- File: What can we do? Organisational governance
- File: Snapshot: Legislation websites
- File: Comparative table of incorporation legislation (ORIC)
- File: What can we do? Mapping community assets for governance
- File: What can we do? Strengthening community governance
- File: Snapshot: Different models of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander governance
- File: What can we do? Encouraging women to be active members
- File: Snapshot: Similarities and differences between community and corporate governance
- File: What can we do? Footy and playing the governance game
- Diagram: Your governance culture and environment
- Diagram: Who is in an incorporated organisation?
- Diagram: What an Indigenous community shares
- Diagram: The important parts of governance
- Tips: Identiying your community assets and strengths?
- Example: Location of ORIC registered corporations by region at 30 June 2012
- Tips: The top 15 tips for a healthy corporation
02 Culture and governance
View all- Video: Embedding culture at VACCA
- Video: Girringun’s culturally-assured process
- Video: MG Corporation on working two ways
- Video: Ngurra-kurlu (the way yapa life is governed)
- Video: Western Desert Diaylsis on putting cultural values at the heart of what you do
- File: A vision and a preamble
- Diagram: Your governance culture and environment
- Diagram: The two-way accountability of Indigenous organisations and governing bodies
- Diagram: Indigenous governance principles in Australia
- Diagram: What is culture?
- Example: Governance two ways—Kurduju Committee, Ali Curung, Northern Territory
- Tips: Building and maintaining cultural legitimacy
- Tips: Embedding cultural values in your governance
03 Getting started
View all- Video: How the MWG came together
- Video: How the IUIH formed to address common goals
- Video: How the Yiriman project started
- Video: NPY Women’s Council on getting started
- Video: How Western Desert Dialysis started?
- File: Template: Governance development and action plan
- File: Template: Mapping your governance history
- File: Check-up: An overall governance health check-up
- File: What can we do? Seven steps to evaluation
- Diagram: What to evaluate?
- Tips: How to map governance assets
- Tips: Top 10 tips for getting started
04 Leadership
View all- Video: Young people guiding The Marruk Project
- Video: IUIH’s vision for the future
- Video: IUIH on the challenges of shared governance
- Video: Murdi Paaki young leaders program
- Video: Indigenous leadership at the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre
- Video: Succession planning at NPY Women’s Council
- Video: Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly’s Charter of Governance
- Link: The Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre
- File: Check-up: Effective capacity building practices for leaders - PDF
- File: What can we do? Strategies for succession planning - PDF
- File: Check-up: Your leadership health - PDF
- File: Check-up: The qualities of effective Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders - PDF
- Tips: Important capacities for effective governance
05 Governing the organisation
View all- Video: Training to empower VACCA’s governing body
- Video: How VACCA reports back to community
- Video: Ngnowar Aerwah on representation and accountability
- Video: IUIH on the power of data to create accountability
- Video: Western Desert Dialysis’s strategic planning
- Video: WYDAC’s board and decision making
- Video: NPY Women’s Council’s bush meetings
- Video: NPY Women’s Council: How NPY governance works
- Video: Governing the Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation
- Video: MG Corporation’s road to financial independence
- File: What can we do? Capacity development for leaders
- File: Check-up: Effective capacity building practices for leaders
- File: Check up: Roles of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander governing body
- File: Check-up: Governing body decision making processes
- File: Template: List of contents for a governance reference manual
- File: What can we do? The basic steps in strategic planning
- File: A framework for understanding the barriers to Indigenous financial capability
- File: Check-up: When is there a conflict of interest?
- File: Check-up: How do we manage change?
- File: Template: Governance development and action plan
- Example: The Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation, Strategic Plan 2012–14
- Example: Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly, Charter of Governance
- Tips: Getting started on a governance development plan
- Tips: An informed decision is one that is
- Example: The Anindilyakwa Land Council Code of Conduct
- Tips: Improving accountability
- Tips: Overview of the strategic planning process
- Tips: Planning helps your organisation to:
- Tips: Good practice for managing money
- Tips: Policies for promoting effective governance in governing bodies
06 Rules and policies
View all- Video: The cultural foundations of Girringun’s governance
- Video: Running Annual General Meetings – What WYDAC do
- Video: NPY Women’s Council’s guiding principles
- File: Template: List of contents for a governance reference manual
- File: Template: A policy
- File: What can we do? Steps to develop effective policies
- File: Check-up: Our governance policies and rules
- File: What can we do? Cultural legitimacy in governance rules and policies
- File: Template: Sample minutes
- File: Template: Progress report on actions
- File: Template: Decision making
- File: Template: Meeting agenda
- Diagram: Weak rules and strong rules – What happens to your governance?
- Diagram: Key Governance Policies
- Diagram: What do policies do?
- Diagram: Quorum meetings
- Diagram: Good meetings
- Diagram: What is culture?
- Tips: Issues that benefit from making culturally legitimate rules
- Tips: Making and reviewing policies
- Tips: Understanding different types of policy
07 Management and staff
View all- Video: Ngnowar Aerwah building skills in a growing organisation
- Video: Ngnowar Aerwah Board and CEO working together
- Video: Girringun CEO and Board’s close relationship
- Video: Two-way governance at the Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation
- Video: The partnership between Martumilli Artists and the Shire of East Pilbara
- File: What can we do? Building a strong internal culture in our organisation - PDF
- File: Check-up: Signs of management problems in your organisation - PDF
- File: What can we do? Footy and playing the governance game - PDF
- Diagram: A partnership of separate powers—the governing body and top manager
- Diagram: The responsibilities and rights of staff members
- Diagram: How do managers ‘manage’?
- Tips: Expanding local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment
- Tips: Sharing decision making across the organisation
- Tips: Our staff
- Tips: A performance review for an organisation’s top manager
- Example: The Anindilyakwa Land Council Code of Conduct
- Tips: Attracting and retaining staff
- Tips: Doing the top manager job well
08 Disputes and complaints
View all- File: Check-up: Our dispute resolution processes
- File: What can we do? Solving the dispute as a group
- File: What can we do? A conflict analysis tool
- Diagram: Snapshot: Some differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous processes for the resolution of disputes and wrongdoing
- Diagram: Snapshot: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mechanisms for settling disputes
- Tips: Managing controversy or disputes in meetings
- Tips: Managing issue-based conflict
- Tips: Getting long lasting results from dispute resolution
- Tips: Dealing with conflict between staff and management
- Tips: Dealing with conflict between the top manager and governing body
- Tips: Building capacity of governing bodies to deal with conflict and misconduct
- Tips: Organisational hotspots for conflict and complaints
- Tips: Handling disputes and complaints from members
- Tips: Governance hotspots for conflict and complaints
- Tips: Skills needed for dispute resolution
09 Nation building and development
View all- Video: The MWG working together for the whole community
- Video: How common goals united Girringun
- Video: ALPA empowerment of Yolngu communities
- Video: Building the Murdi Paaki governance structure
- Link: What does nation building mean to us?
- File: The ladder of self-governance for nation rebuilding: where are you?
- File: What can we do? Managing our stakeholders
- File: Template: Our culture scan
- File: Template: Our governance stakeholder influence
- File: Template: Monitoring our governance environment
- File: What can we do? Improving our networking
- File: Template: Governance development and action plan
- File: Template: Mapping your governance history
- Diagram: Snapshot: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander networked governance at work
- Diagram: Snapshot: Different approaches to governance and development
- Tips: Ten steps for the foundations of strong governance
- Tips: How to manage problems with your networks
- Tips: How networks and networking can improve governance
- Tips: Building your governance capability for development
- Tips: Managing and maintaining relationships with professionals
- Tips: How to balance different interests
- Tips: Improving consultation
- Tips: How to map governance assets