National Congress consisted of a Board of 8 directors (four women and four men) of which two (one woman and one man) were elected directly by the members to serve as co-chairs for a term on two years.

[10] Each year, all of the delegates were invited to attend a two-day National Congress meeting which established broad policy positions.

National Congress maintained a secretariat in Redfern, Sydney, headed by a CEO who was responsible for day to day operations related to media, membership services, event management, public relations, financial and human resources management, and policy analysis and development services.

Established in 2010, National Congress has grown from inception to comprise and serve over 180 organisations and almost 9000 individual members.

National Congress believes it is essential that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are central participants in decisions impacting on our lives and communities, and in all areas including our lands, health, education, law, governance and economic empowerment.

Additionally National Congress has been heavily involved in a wide range of other matters, including political relations, cultural maintenance and development, revitalisation of our languages, treaty discussions, employment and economic empowerment, housing, family violence, children and youth safety, disabilities, governance and leadership.

[17] Ken Wyatt, then the recently appointed Minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government, made a decision not to revive the organisation.