Indigenous

The state government has spent $716 million with Aboriginal businesses on transport contracts in just over three years, hitting a procurement target two years ahead of deadline.

Escalating costs and regulatory burdens are frustrating stakeholders in the wake of last year’s Aboriginal heritage laws bungle.

The number of Indigenous businesses contracted for work has grown 20 per cent in the past year, according to fresh analysis by Supply Nation.

A Federal Court of Australia judge has questioned the more than $10 million bill over registering thousands of workers impacted in the Western Australian stolen wages case.

Nearly 250 sites were destroyed within the Solomon Hub mine footprint, experts told the Federal Court in the legal dispute between Fortescue and the Yindjibarndi people.

Managing the land could challenge tree planting when it comes to carbon credits.

Allegations of ‘black cladding’ are never far from the surface in the Indigenous business sector.

WA’s Indigenous business sector has nearly tripled in size in the past four years, research by Business News has found.

Family of late Banjima elder Maitland Parker have taken his fight to clean up the asbestos-laden gorges of Wittenoom to the United Nations.

The organisations fighting a legal battle over the sale of El Caballo lifestyle village have signed a confidential deed of settlement, a court judgment reveals.

Prominent Indigenous businessman and advocate Peter Yu has brought into question governments’ ability to administer northern Australia in the wake of a Territory election fought over crime.

The current and former bosses of a group overseeing a World Heritage-nominated Pilbara peninsula have derided an “offensive” government agreement

Long-time Aboriginal corporation executive Tony McRae says opportunities are emerging for Indigenous foundations to flex their financial muscle.

Economic empowerment will be the new focus of the federal government’s Indigenous affairs efforts as it moves on from last year’s failed voice to parliament referendum.

Noel Pearson’s appointment this week to the board of Fortescue has lifted the number of Aboriginal people on major ASX boards to a grand total of five, with most in WA.

Aboriginal-owned firms are growing clout in WA’s regional media landscape, while Seven West Media desks collect dust in country towns

The Indigenous-backed renewable energy sector is an opportunity for traditional owners to tackle closing the gap targets how they see fit

One quarter of Western Australia’s north will be under Indigenous protection as the federal government reveals three new designations in the state.

Prominent Indigenous advocate Kado Muir hopes the launch of a new technology company will be a catalyst for an outback Goldfields town to become a digital jobs hub.

The state government will pour $20 million into creating safer and more reliable water services for the Djarindjin community in northern WA.

Data from Waalitj Hub reveals the professions Indigenous entrepreneurs are taking up in WA, with arts and construction proving attractive

A lithium miner and telecommunications firm are working with an Aboriginal tech startup to build satellite-connected hubs in remote communities offering reception on par with Perth.

The remote Djarindjin community is forging its independence with economic empowerment.

Aboriginal businesses need to be afforded opportunities to form joint ventures on billion-dollar contracts to build the family wealth required to drive change.

Indigenous firm IPS Management Consultants is the big winner from the latest round of state government contracts to provide small business advisory services across WA.

A group of WA aged care industry leaders have signed a memorandum of understanding with Yokai to improve culturally appropriate services for Aboriginal elders.

Former government minister Tony McRae has resigned from his role as chief executive of the Martu peoples’ representative body.

Ignorance led to the destruction of Aboriginal cultural sites on a remote WA mine site, but an investigation has cleared the miner responsible of any malicious conduct.

The Aboriginal group enmeshed in a royalties dispute with Andrew Forrest is building multiple commercial enterprises in the Pilbara.

A new program to address shortcomings in Aboriginal business joint venture deals has been launched by the Waalitj Hub

The former chief justice has emphasised the importance of highlighting the positive changes in the state’s reconciliation journey.

New financial reports show a handful of Aboriginal groups gaining more income from mining royalties but others going backwards, while the sector as a whole remains the poor cousin.