Empowerment
Long before Australia understood the language of commerce, our old people understood the power of exchange. Across this continent, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples traded goods, shared kn...
NAIDOC's origins belong inside a longer history of Aboriginal resistance to the economic architecture of colonial Australia. It emerged from Aboriginal protest against colonisation that had taken land...
New Indigenous Business Australia Director Bronwyn Dodd brings a wealth of experience to the role, but still sees listening and learning as vital aspects of the job.
Australia stands at one of the most significant economic crossroads in its modern history. The global race for critical minerals is reshaping international trade, defence alliances and manufacturing s...
Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Corporation has secured federal government funding to deliver a community-led language, literacy, numeracy...
The federal government has moved to strengthen "the ambition" and eligibility requirements of the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP), to "help ensure economic benefits are flowing to First Nations pe...
Behind every successful business is someone who took a chance, backed themselves and kept going when things got tough. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs, building a business...
Queensland's first co-designed, purpose-built boarding house for First Nations students has opened at Djarragun College, offering a unique, culturally centred education option.
Key points:- The 2026 National Indigenous Empowerment Summit was held in Magandjin / Brisbane- The Summit focusses on Indigenous-led solutions in education, employment and economic development, with s...
Key points: Doomadgee secured a second year of consultation on its new hospital after rejecting Queensland Health's twelve-month timeline. More than half the community's power now comes from a local...
Three women's groups in Fiji have received sewing machines and cooking pots through a partnership between the Fijian Government and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to support income...
For more than 60 years, forestry has been part of life on the Tiwi Islands. Now, a new workforce plan is laying the foundation for the next generation of Tiwi workers and leaders to step into long ter...
Against a backdrop of growing national focus on Northern Australia's defence capability, Indigenous business DICE has emerged as one of the Territory's standout success stories after taking home the C...