Reece Harley

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About Reece Harley

Reece is Managing Director of the National Indigenous Times Group - Australia’s leading Indigenous news media organisation. The National Indigenous Times operates a daily news website in addition to a monthly printed newspaper which is read by around 2.3 million Australians per edition. as well as the Indigenous Business Review - a glossy, bi-monthly magazine, distributed as an insert in The Australian, The West Australian and Qantas lounges nationally.

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Djarindjin warns the north's boom will bypass Aboriginal communities

Aboriginal corporations will be locked out of Northern Australia's next investment boom unless ownership is structured in from the start, the chief executive of one of the country's most successful In...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 7, 2026
'Indigenous equity is self-determination': IBA flags $100 billion in First Nations capital demand as it builds new major projects arm

First Nations communities, businesses and families will demand more than $100 billion in capital over the next five years, Indigenous Business Australia chief executive David Knights told the Developi...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 6, 2026
Yuluwirri McGrady launches majority Indigenous-owned maintenance business Mader First

Yuluwirri McGrady has launched Mader First, a new majority Indigenous-owned business delivering fixed plant and rail maintenance services nationwide, with a target of up to 10 per cent Indigenous work...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 4, 2026
The gap closes when Australia shows up: this week we got the proof

For the first time since the National Agreement on Closing the Gap was signed, a target has been met. More than 95 per cent of First Nations children are now enrolled in preschool, up from 61.

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 31, 2026
Karri Karrak signs landmark heritage agreement with Talison at world's biggest lithium mine

The operator of the world's largest hard rock lithium mine has signed a cultural heritage agreement with the Traditional Custodians of the land it mines, more than a century after mining began at Gree...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 31, 2026
Yindjibarndi Water to acquire Dampier desalination plant in landmark deal with Rio Tinto, WA Government

Yindjibarndi Water will lead the acquisition of the 8-gigalitre-per-year Dampier Seawater Desalination Plant in the West Pilbara, after reaching agreements with Rio Tinto and the Western Australian Go...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 29, 2026
Traditional Owner business wins BHP's largest standalone contract in South Australia

The Traditional Owners of the land on which BHP's Prominent Hill copper mine operates have secured a $60 million contract to deliver core mining services at the site, the largest standalone contract B...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 29, 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Fortescue offered Yindjibarndi a settlement worth $376 million. The Federal Court ordered $150.3 million

The settlement package on the table before the Yindjibarndi compensation trial began was worth an estimated $376 million over the life of Fortescue's Solomon mine, National Indigenous Times can report...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 29, 2026
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