Reece Harley

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About Reece Harley

Reece is Managing Director of the National Indigenous Times Group - Australia’s leading Indigenous news media organisation. The National Indigenous Times operates a daily news website in addition to a monthly printed newspaper which is read by around 2.3 million Australians per edition. as well as the Indigenous Business Review - a glossy, bi-monthly magazine, distributed as an insert in The Australian, The West Australian and Qantas lounges nationally.

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Main Roads hits $1.1B Indigenous procurement target across WA's entire transport portfolio

Key points The $700 million target that made Main Roads nervous, and what the Director General said about shooting past it to $1.1B.  One hired truck, two guys and a shovel: how Benang won the contr...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 12, 2026
'A thriving business needs thriving people': Jahna Cedar on wellbeing as a commercial asset

Jahna Cedar was sitting on boards, speaking internationally and collecting awards when she found herself alone at the kitchen table one night, everyone else asleep, taking stock."I'm exhausted.

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 12, 2026
'Stop competing with us for work that is meant for our mob': panel throws down challenge to corporate Australia

"We've been talking about better access to capital for thirty-odd years. To be honest, I don't think we're there yet."Leah Armstrong, interim director of the Australian National University's Centre fo...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 11, 2026
'Inextricably bound together by lineage': Māori iwi signs intent to invest alongside IBA in Australia

Waikato-Tainui, one of Aotearoa New Zealand's largest and wealthiest iwi (Māori tribal nations), has signed a letter of intent with Indigenous Business Australia to invest across the Tasman, an a...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 11, 2026
“I want to become a billionaire”

Tammy O'Connor walked into a bank a decade ago and was knocked back for a $40,000 car loan. On Tuesday morning, opening Supply Nation's Connect 2026 conference in Boorloo, the KingKira Group founder n...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 11, 2026
Djarindjin warns the north's boom will bypass Aboriginal communities

Aboriginal corporations will be locked out of Northern Australia's next investment boom unless ownership is structured in from the start, the chief executive of one of the country's most successful In...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 7, 2026
'Indigenous equity is self-determination': IBA flags $100 billion in First Nations capital demand as it builds new major projects arm

First Nations communities, businesses and families will demand more than $100 billion in capital over the next five years, Indigenous Business Australia chief executive David Knights told the Developi...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 6, 2026
Yuluwirri McGrady launches majority Indigenous-owned maintenance business Mader First

Yuluwirri McGrady has launched Mader First, a new majority Indigenous-owned business delivering fixed plant and rail maintenance services nationwide, with a target of up to 10 per cent Indigenous work...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 4, 2026
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