First Nations Business Development
For-purpose organisations and First Nations Corporations can be complex entities, requiring sound governance practice and good business and strategic planning. Storey & Ward has extensive experience in navigating this environment to ensure the best possible sustainable development outcomes organisations and their communities.
It is essential that boards are supported to undertake their governance responsibilities and realise their human rights accountability targets.
Regulatory and governance structures will often involve the interaction of the Corporations Act, the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act, charities and not-for-profit regulation, as well as trust, employment and tax legislation.
This regulation is in addition to legislative and regulatory responsibilities for First Nations Traditional Owner corporations, such as various Aboriginal cultural heritage legislation and the Native Title Act.
As well as our legal expertise, we have broad experience in consulting, mediation, training and ethics, to support our work in this crucial area.
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Draft Victorian Submission Plan Guidelines
Storey & Ward Lawyers Submission on Transmission Plan Guidelines