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Wednesday, 3 April 2002
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Conference Opening |
Sir William Deane, Patron
(Reconciliation Australia) |
Session 1:
Defining Indigenous Governance A comparative
overview of conceptual, historical and contemporary
developments.
Chair: Geoff Clark Chairperson, ATSIC |
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Ancient Jurisdictions, Aboriginal Polities and
Sovereignty |
Professor Marcia Langton (Aust) |
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The Importance and Power of Indigenous Self-Governance:
Evidence from the United States |
Professor Stephen Cornell (USA)
(Director, Udall Center
for Studies in Public Policy and Professor of Sociology
and of Public Administration and Policy, The University
of Arizona; Co-director of the Harvard University
Project on American Indian Economic Development) |
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Defining Indigenous Governance |
Mr Neil Sterritt (Can)
(President of Sterritt
Consulting Ltd) |
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Good governance for indigenous communities and
regions: More diverse than unified, as much process
as structure. |
Dr. Will Sanders (Aust)
(Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic
Policy Research, Australian National University) |
Session 2:
Corporate an Institutional Strengthening for Effective
Indigenous Governance on the Ground
Chair: Geoff Scott A/g CEO ATSIC |
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Developing strong and effective Aboriginal institutions |
Dr David Martin (Aust)
(Research Fellow, Centre
for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian
National University) |
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The Nation-Building Challenge For Native Leaders
In An Unstable Policy World |
Dr Manley Begay (USA)
(Director of the Native Nations
Institute at the Udall Center for Studies in Public
Policy, The University of Arizona; Co-director of
the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic
Development, Harvard University) |
Session 3:
Australian Case Studies
Chair: Geoff Scott A/g CEO ATSIC |
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Greater Autonomy and Improved Governance in the
Torres Strait Region |
Mr Terry Waia (QLD)
(Chairman, Torres Strait
Regional Authority) |
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Case studies - Corporate and Institutional Strengthening
for Effective Indigenous Governance on the GroundThis
paper is a case study of the Papunya power dispute,
and the developments that followed the dispute |
Ms Alison Anderson (NT)
(ATSIC Commissioner,
Northern Territory Central) |
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Good Governance the Regional and Community
Perspective |
Mr William (Sam) Jeffries (NSW)
(Chairperson, Murdi Paaki
Regional Council) |
Thursday, 4 April 2002
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Session 4:
Towards a Fiscal Relations Framework for Community
and Regional Governance
Chair: John Ah Kit Minister Community
Development, NT |
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Indigenous Governance in Australia: Lessons from
the Commonwealth Grants Commissions 2001 Inquiry |
Mr Alan Morris (Aust)
(Chairman, Commonwealth
Grants Commission) |
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Case Studies - Towards A Fiscal Relations Framework
for Community and Regional Governance
The First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA). |
Grand Chief Edward John (Can)
(Named Akile Cho'h, a
hereditary Chief of the Tl'azt'en Nation, in 1989,
and became Grand Chief in 1992. In 2000, he was
appointed to the provincial cabinet, serving as
British Columbia's Minister of Children and Families) |
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Towards a Fiscal Framework for Resourcing Indigenous
Community Governance in Australia |
Diane Smith (Aust)
(Centre for Aboriginal
Economic Policy Research
The Australian National University) |
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Indigenous Governance: A Maori Perspective |
Sir Tipene O'Regan Ngai Tahu (NZ)
(Senior Research fellow
at the University of Canterbury) |
Session 5:
Case Studies
Chair: Professor Meredith Edwards Director,
National Institute for Governance |
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In my presentation I want to talk about the emergence
of new First Nations Financial Management Institutions
in Canada that will help put the self back into
self-government
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Chief Sophie Pierre OBC
(Chief of the St Mary's Indian Band,
Ktunaxa Nation) |
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This paper deals essentially with the failure
of past Indigenous governance policy and practice. |
Mr Peter Yu (WA)
(Former Executive Director,
Kimberley Land Council) |
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Good news for once: Fiscal relationships between
governments and aboriginal people |
John Ah Kit, MLA (NT)
(Northern Territory Minister assisting
the Chief Minister on Indigenous Affairs Understanding
and implementing good governance for Indigenous
communities and regions conference) |
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Getting It Right |
Mr Parry Agius (SA)
(Executive Officer, Native Title
Unit, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement) |
Session 6:
Community Justice, Law and Governanance
Chair: Patrick Dodson Director,
Ligniari Foundation |
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Community Justice, Law and Governance |
Robert Yazzie (USA)
(Chief Justice of the Navajo
Nation) |
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Community Justice, Law and Governance |
Dr Bill Jonas AM (Aust)
(Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission) |
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Globalisation and Self-determination: The challenges
for sovereignty and governance |
Professor Larissa Behrendt (Aust)
(Professor of Law and Indigenous
Studies, Director of the Jumbunna Indigenous House
of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney.) |
Session 7:
Australian Case Studies
Chair: Patricia Turner, Executive Director of
Indigenous Services, Centrelink |
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Circle Sentencing background and current NSW
Trial |
Winsome Mathews (NSW)
(Chairperson NSW Aboriginal Justice
Advisory Council) |
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Family Violence in Indigenous CommunitiesA
case of the systemic failure of good governance |
Jackie Huggins AM (Qld) |
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Indigenous Australians make up around one per
cent of the population of South Australia, and in
1998, 26 per cent of males in prison were Aboriginal,
34 per cent of women in prison were Aboriginal
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Mr Christopher Vass LL.B SM
(Supervising Magistrate, Holden
Hill Court) |
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The Northern Terriroty Aboriginal Law and Justice
Strategy |
Ali-Curung (Ms Gwen Brown and
Ms Marjory Hayes) (NT)
(Kurduju Justice
Committee, Ali Curang Community) |
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Dinner speech A Chinaman in the woodpile
or a Blackfella in the House? |
John Ah Kit
(Northern Territory Minister assisting
the Chief Minister on Indigenous Affairs
Understanding and implementing good governance for
Indigenous communities and regions conference) |
Friday, 5 April 2002
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Session 8:
Governance and Sustainable Economic Development
Chair: Joseph Elu Chair, Indigenous Business
Australia |
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Legitimacy, governance and Aboriginal tradition |
Mr Galarrwuy Yunupingu (Aust)
(Chairman, Northern Land Council) |
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Why Is Self-Governance So Important in Indigenous
Economic Development? |
Professor Stephen Cornell (USA)
(Director, Udall Center for Studies
in Public Policy and Professor of Sociology and
of Public Administration and Policy, The University
of Arizona; Co-director of the Harvard University
Project on American Indian Economic Development) |
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Governance and Sustainable Economic Development |
Grand Chief Edward John (Can)
(Named Akile Cho'h, a
hereditary Chief of the Tl'azt'en Nation, in 1989,
and became Grand Chief in 1992. In 2000, he was
appointed to the provincial cabinet, serving as
British Columbia's Minister of Children and Families) |
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Enhancing economic development: Governance challenges
facing indigenous communities within Australia's
federal system. |
Professor John Altman (Aust)
(CAEPR, ANU) |
Session 9:
Case Studies
Chair: Ron Morony General Manager, Indigenous
Business Australia |
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Case Study: Tiwi Islands Local Government |
Maralampuwi Kurrupuwu (Tiwi)
(President of the Tiwi Islands Local
Government) |
Session 10:
Leadership and Capacity Building for Community and
Regional Governance
Chair: Senator Aden Ridgeway |
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The Unstable Policy World of Native Leaders |
Dr Manley Begay (USA)
(Director of the Native Nations
Institute at the Udall Center for Studies in Public
Policy, The University of Arizona; Co-director of
the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic
Development, Harvard University) |
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Leadership and Capacity Building for Community
and Regional Governance |
Patrick Dodson (Aust) |
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final outcomes and next steps |
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Final Outcomes and Next Steps |
Fred Chaney
(Reconciliation Australia Co-Chair) |