Indigenous

A new national centre will champion unlocking of cash-flush charitable trusts and back entrepreneurism for youth in its pitch to build economic opportunities for Indigenous people.

A growing archive preserving First Nations history, which has been progressing for more than a decade, has made great strides.

Lawyers have wrapped up their arguments in the $1.8 billion compensation dispute between Yindjibarndi and Fortescue, with the latter claiming only $8 million was owed.

The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation’s compensation claim over impact of the Solomon mine on their land has been exaggerated, Fortescue’s lawyer told the court.

Counsel for the state government claimed Fortescue’s mining would not extinguish the Yindjibarndi people’s native rights in the Pilbara, during a hearing in the Federal Court.

The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has upped its compensation claim against Fortescue to $1.8 billion, over the alleged cultural damage caused by the miner’s Solomon hub.

Three of WA’s largest indigenous businesses have recorded substantial revenue increases, but labour costs are eating into profits.

Yindjibarndi traditional owners have experienced collective trauma and emotional distress over FMG's Solomon mine, a lawyer told the court in the ongoing $500 million compensation dispute.

Fortescue’s way in developing its Solomon hub is an outlier in how other miners have operated in the Pilbara, a barrister for Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation told the court.

A Pilbara native title group pursuing a large renewable energy project and compensation from Fortescue is now the largest indigenous corporation in the state.

WA precast housing innovator NXT TEC have received development approval for a $3 million housing project, in partnership with Aboriginal-owned housing provider Noongar Mia Mia.

A major Aboriginal corporation has launched two new ventures to help other Aboriginal groups in legal disputes after securing a $125 million compensation payout from Rio Tinto.

WA’s largest indigenous trust has reported a huge jump in annual revenue after recording $166 million in royalty payments from Rio Tinto but this was not enough to resolve a long-running dispute.

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.