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Governing the Pandemic: Adaptive Self-Determination as an Indigenous Capability in Australian Organisations
Author/editor: L. Drieberg, D. E. Smith, D. Sutherland
Paper no: 306/2024
Category: Discussion paper
Year published: 2024
In 2020, the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (now Centre for Indigenous Policy Research) and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, in partnership with First Nation partners, commenced an applied research project – The Indigenous Governance of Development: Self-Determination...
Indigenous ‘Elder’ organisations: The role of resilient adaptive governance in renewal and longevity
Author/editor: M. McCulloch, L. Drieberg, D. E. Smith, F. Markham
Paper no: 305/2024
Category: Discussion paper
Year published: 2024
Legally incorporated Indigenous organisations in Australia operate in a complex intercultural environment. They face competing expectations from their Indigenous members, the public and private sectors, and the market economy, at the same time as dealing with frequent changes in government policy...
Indigenous self-governance and ‘nation’ building: Considerations for a strategic self-analysis tool
Author/editor: Bauman, T, Smith, D E
Paper no: 304/24
Category: Discussion paper
Year published: 2024
Australian Indigenous governance operates in a high-pressured environment that is a jigsaw puzzle of jurisdictions, powers, policies, structures, and legal and funding mechanisms at local, regional and national levels. This can undermine the ways that Indigenous peoples wish to collectively govern...
Governing Country: A Literature Review of Indigenous Governance Principles in Indigenous Ranger Groups & Indigenous Protected Areas
Author/editor: Bellchambers, K
Paper no: 303
Category: Discussion paper
Year published: 2023
This paper reports on a literature review of Indigenous governance principles and practices in Indigenous Ranger groups and Indigenous Protected Areas. While existing scholarship has explored the policy frameworks and benefits associated with these programs, there has been less assessment of how...
Advancing Aboriginal Interests in the New South Wales Renewable Energy Transition
Author/editor: Norman, H, Briggs, C & Apolonio, T
Paper no: 302
Category: Discussion paper
Year published: 2023
As the NSW government steers the transition of the energy system to renewable energy, we examine what opportunities this presents for Aboriginal communities. The renewable energy transition could present opportunities for Aboriginal land holders in NSW to participate in new and sustainable...
Looking beyond Indigenous Service Delivery: The Societal Purpose of Urban First Nations Organisations
Author/editor: Howard-Wagner, D, Reimer, J, Leha J et al
Paper no: 301
Category: Discussion paper
Year published: 2022
The paper analyses the quantitative findings of a three-year mixed-method research project developed in partnership with six urban First Nations organisations in the Australian state of New South Wales. The research is designed to engage with Closing the Gap 2020 , and past policy, in relation to...
Aboriginal Community Governance on the Frontlines and Faultlines in the Black Summer Bushfires
Author/editor: Williamson, B
Paper no: 300
Category: Discussion paper
Year published: 2022
The 2019–20 ‘Black Summer’ bushfires were unprecedented in their size, scale, and devastation. It was widely acknowledged that the bushfires disproportionally impacted Aboriginal people both in terms of the population of people affected, and the deep impact felt as people connected to the land. Yet...
