Contested Governance: Culture, power and institutions in Indigenous Australia

Garling, Stephanie; Hunt, Janet; Smith, Diane; Sanders, Will

doi:10.26530/oapen_458896

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“…Studies of social and organisational behaviour have found models of First Nations governance to be complex and distinct from Western norms (O'Malley, 1996; Turnbull & Poelina, 2022). Yet in a contemporary Australian context, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entities operate in an intractable, intercultural realm in which relationships of power, authority and decision‐making are held in balance between organisations and the state (Hunt et al, 2008). At times this balance is not successfully achieved, leading to the loss of community control and sub‐optimal outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (Dwyer et al, 2020; Hendrix et al, 2020).…”

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Cultural accountability in the annual report: The case of First Nations entities in Australia

Norris

Kutubi

Greenland

2023

Accounting & Finance

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Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander not‐for‐profit organisations (NFPs) are vital to the cultural and social fabric of the communities they represent. Yet while such entities are obligated to publish annual financial and non‐financial information, little is known about the role of these reports in terms of delivering accountability to culturally diverse stakeholders. This benchmark study is among the first to use grounded accountability theory to compare the results from quantitative content and qualitative thematic analysis of annual reporting across 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander NFPs. Our analysis reveals the communication of ‘cultural accountability’ that sets these entities apart from other NFPs. Implications of these findings for accountability practices in non‐Anglo‐Saxon cultural contexts are discussed.

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Cultural accountability in the annual report: The case of First Nations entities in Australia

Norris

Kutubi

Greenland

2023

Accounting & Finance

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“…Both the self-determination policy paradigm and remote Aboriginal communities were cast as failures and new policy strategies were introduced ranging from the contractual (such as shared responsibility agreements) to the outright coercive (welfare conditionality and SEAM). The belief that both policy and Aboriginal people had failed to improve the social conditions of remote Aboriginal communities provided the rationale for the highly interventionist Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) in 2007 (Altman, 2007;Garling et al, 2008). Much has been written about the genesis and impact of this policy intervention so we will not repeat that here (see Altman and Hinkson, 2007;Lovell 2014;Shaw, 2013).…”

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Indigenous Education and Literacy Policy in Australia: Bringing Learning Back to the Debate

Fogarty

Riddle

Lovell

et al. 2017

AJIE

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In a policy landscape dominated by forces that seek to continually reshape education according to market logics, there are particular impacts on the seemingly intractable crisis of Indigenous education policy making. Entrenched discourses of deficit result in education policy continually being ‘done to’ communities, with little heed paid to the effects of such efforts on the learning opportunities available to young Indigenous learners, particularly those living in remote communities. This paper examines the contemporary network of policy levers that come to shape how literacy policy is framed for Indigenous Australians through narratives of failure and crisis. In doing so, we ask what learning is made (im)possible and what are some of the ‘flattening’ effects on literacy curriculum and pedagogy as a result? Further, this paper seeks to open up the conversation around what learning is possible when the policy landscape is unflattened, when policy is ‘done with’ communities, and when pedagogical practices are opened up, rather than closed down.

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‘Strange changes’: Indigenous perspectives of climate change and adaptation in NE Arnhem Land (Australia)

Petheram

Zander

Campbell

et al. 2010

Global Environmental Change

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Contested Governance: Culture, power and institutions in Indigenous Australia

Cited by 7 publications

References 28 publications

Cultural accountability in the annual report: The case of First Nations entities in Australia

Cultural accountability in the annual report: The case of First Nations entities in Australia

Indigenous Education and Literacy Policy in Australia: Bringing Learning Back to the Debate

‘Strange changes’: Indigenous perspectives of climate change and adaptation in NE Arnhem Land (Australia)

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