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9.0 Governance for nation rebuilding and development
Today, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face many challenges, not the least of which is exercising self-determination to: govern themselves in ways that are meaningful initiate economic...
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As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups in Australia continue with their work of rebuilding systems of governance and look for new governing tools to assist them, they are faced with...
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9.2 Governance for nation rebuilding
Definition: When we talk about governance for nation rebuilding, we’re talking about the practical mechanisms that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people use to collectively organise how they go...
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9.3 Governance for sustained development
Alice Springs, NT. Image, Wayne Quilliam. “The challenge for traditional owners, like the Yawuru, is how do we, as a people, leverage our native title rights so as to promote our own resilience and...
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9.4 Networked governance
Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Central Australia. Image, Wayne Quilliam Definition: A net is an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals. Like the string that is woven together...
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9.5 Kick-starting the process of nation rebuilding
“There will be no magic leap from ‘rights recognition’ in the courts to self-government or self-determination. We need to be practical and we need to begin with effective governance. But even that...
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Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly March 22, 2013 Read moreSelf-determination and community control The Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly (MPRA) is comprised of the Chairs or representatives of 16 Aboriginal...
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The Indigenous Governance Toolkit is hosted by the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. Reconciliation Australia created the original toolkit site. We gratefully acknowledge their fundamental...
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