QUT - Developing Your Board
The Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has a wiki on board and committee issues. The wiki provides a range of resources on governance-related topics.
- Governance Institute of Australia - Not-for-profit resources
These resources for not-for-profit community organisations look at the relationship between a board (or committee of management) and management in not-for-profit organisations. - Australian Institute of Company Directors - Good Governance Principles and Guidance for Not-for-Profit Organisations
This publication outlines ten principles that promote good governance, and helps directors and boards consider the governance needs of their organisations. - Our Community - Boards
The Boards section of the Our Community website includes information on governance issues in not-for-profit community organisations. - Community Compass
The Community Compass Assessment tool can help organisations self assess their board against a skills matrix and identify where training or recruiting should be undertaken. - Council of School Organisations (VICCSO)
This is a link to information about how to improve governance. - Indigenous Governance Toolkit
This is a link to a toolkit which provides guidance and information about governance to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to determine for themselves how best to build effective and legitimate governance systems. - ASX - Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations
This is a link to the guide to good corporate governance provided by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). This publication is aimed at for-profit companies (and uses language like 'shareholders' not members) but the key principles of good governance are useful for not-for-profit organisations. - Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS)
This page contains a link to VCOSS's Board Governance Policy. This policy uses as a base the UK Good Governance Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector (2nd ed, 2010), and adapts it for Australia and VCOSS’s own circumstances. It provides a useful general model, although it needs to be adapted for each organisations individual circumstances. - A Guide to Governing Shared Community Facilities
The Department of Planning and Community Development have produced this resource which is intended to be particularly useful for those who have not governed such facilities in the past. It covers facility vision and type; size and catchment; governing bodies; facility maintenance; and operations and integration - ACNC - Managing conflicts of interest guide
This guide contains information on conflicts on interest, explaining what they are and how they can be managed. The guide also contains a template conflict of interest policy and register of interests.