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Leadership matters: We must make the case for ourselves
While I thought that leaving politics meant leaving the business of public opini...
Ben Wyatt 20 Aug 2026
Opinion: Connect came west. It should come back again.
Supply Nation chief executive Kate Russell told the Connect gala dinner in Boorl...
Reece Harley 13 Aug 2026
First Nations businesses are driving progress 'across every sector'
Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, provi...
Malarndirri McCarthy 11 Aug 2026
The future of First Nations economic development is already here
As leaders gather at Garma this weekend to debate the future of First Nations ec...
Donnella Mills 1 Aug 2026
The gap closes when Australia shows up: this week we got the proof
For the first time since the National Agreement on Closing the Gap was signed, a...
Reece Harley 31 Jul 2026
Affordable capital is the key that unlocks Indigenous ownership at scale

Here is an invitation, and a provocation. Imagine individual Australian First Nations, each with their own Treasury. Each setting its own investment mandate.

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Darren Godwell Jul 30, 2026
'We can do many great things, especially if we do them together'

This speech was given at the RING (Reconciliation Industry Network Group) NAIDOC Gathering in Sydney on Thursday by keynote speaker and MC, Indigenous singer, songwriter, musician and advocate Toni Ja...

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Toni Janke Jul 11, 2026
NAIDOC’s call for change across the decades: from Day of Mourning to economic reconciliation

NAIDOC's origins belong inside a longer history of Aboriginal resistance to the economic architecture of colonial Australia. It emerged from Aboriginal protest against colonisation that had taken land...

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Darren Godwell Jul 8, 2026
Towards a First Nations critical minerals strategy: A moment in time

Australia stands at one of the most significant economic crossroads in its modern history. The global race for critical minerals is reshaping international trade, defence alliances and manufacturing s...

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Jyi Lawton Jul 7, 2026
Governments more willing to manage the consequences of invasion than eliminate the disadvantage it created

Treasury counts announcements. Communities count houses. The Federal Budget's $793.7 million Closing the Gap package hides a deeper reality: governments are still more willing to manage the consequenc...

Investing in people, growing communities: Impact North backs Territory businesses to thrive

Behind every successful business is someone who took a chance, backed themselves and kept going when things got tough. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs, building a business...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jun 25, 2026
OPINION: Big tech should help pay for the journalism it uses

Public-interest journalism is not free to produce. Every story carries a cost. It takes journalists, editors, photographers, designers, technology, legal care, social media professionals, printing, di...

Reece Harley Reece Harley May 18, 2026
First Nations energy affordability - 'a goal in the never never'

Electricity access has improved globally, with 92 per cent of the world's population connected by 2023. Still, 666-670 million people remain without electricity, and a staggering 85 per cent of these...

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James Reynolds May 11, 2026
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