Warrikal

Fortescue Metals Group’s recent awarding of $179 million in contracts to Aboriginal businesses highlights two different approaches to indigenous development.

Indigenous contractors such as Warrikal, Carey Mining, and Brida illustrate the increasing maturity of the sector.

Resources companies need workers, while the state has the most job vacancies since 2012.

Fortescue Metals Group has awarded its single largest contract to an Aboriginal business, after confirming a five-year maintenance contract with Warrikal.

Aboriginal businesses are hitting resistance when they chase work outside their own country.

Some of WA’s social enterprise leaders consider the societal upheaval due to the COVID-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity to change the way business is done.

Pharmacist and entrepreneur Emma Hanh Ma and Koori woman and mining boss Amanda Healy have been inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame under the business category.

In our latest edition, Business News asked six women about their careers, the greatest challenges they have faced and their proudest moments.

Indigenous businesses in WA generated more than $1 billion in revenue last year and the total is set to rise.

What it means to be an Aboriginal business is central to the debate over ‘black cladding’.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has topped long-time market leader Fortescue Metals Group as the biggest supporter of Indigenous businesses in WA, data compiled by Business News shows.

Indigenous business leaders have shared their stories and set an agenda to achieve more progress in the fast-growing sector.

Senior editor Mark Beyer and senior journalist Jack McGinn discuss co-investment models helping to drive success in indigenous businesses.

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