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The economic contribution of Indigenous business sector is growing

Australia’s Indigenous business sector has grown significantly over the past five years, both in terms of size and scale. This growth has created more jobs and generated significant wealth for individuals, families and communities. While this is a cause for celebration, maintaining this momentum will require a sustained effort, continued policy support and improved access […]

Data reveals Indigenous businesses contribute at least $4.9b to economy

By Shannon Jenkins

Economy & Industry

Australia’s Indigenous businesses ‘often punch above their weight’ in size, employees and wages compared to non-Indigenous businesses, and the sector is growing more quickly.

NIAA provides new Indigenous Procurement Policy guidance

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

NIAA say that from July 2020, the Indigenous Procurement Policy’s minimum mandatory requirements for Indigenous participation would be expanded to include 11 extra industry sectors, bringing the total to 19.

PM&C should do more to raise awareness of Indigenous Procurement Policy, review finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

The Federal government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy has been beneficial to the Indigenous business sector, but there is still work to be done to smooth out the bumps, an independent evaluation has found.

Federal Indigenous procurement spending tops $2 billion, but to whose benefit?

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Federal spending with companies that qualify as Indigenous-owned under the current procurement policy has ticked over $2 billion since mid-2015, but one outspoken Aboriginal businessman argues only a few have benefited while acknowledging recent efforts to tighten up the rules.

Closing the gap in the Indigenous business sector

By Michelle Evans

Career Advice

In the past, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been excluded from the mainstream economy. But today, Indigenous people are choosing business as a

Indigenous business

The economic contribution of Indigenous business sector is growing

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Data reveals Indigenous businesses contribute at least $4.9b to economy

NIAA provides new Indigenous Procurement Policy guidance

PM&C should do more to raise awareness of Indigenous Procurement Policy, review finds

Federal Indigenous procurement spending tops $2 billion, but to whose benefit?

Closing the gap in the Indigenous business sector