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OPINION: The news from the north will come from the north
Six new bureaus, one newsroom, and a promise to stay free to read Why "fly in,...
Reece Harley 4 Nov 2026
Business on their own terms: Gapuwiyak’s Entrepreneurs back their community
When Brendan Wunungmurra saw people in Gapuwiyak spending money sending broken p...
Nicole Brown 2 Nov 2026
Why I started ḺUNDU
ḺUNDU started almost by accident. I never intended to start another organisation...
Liandra Gaykamangu 27 Oct 2026
Building on Country: Intract’s award win shows what Black business can deliver
Seven hundred kilometres from the nearest supply hub, Intract Australia delivere...
Nicole Brown 6 Oct 2026
Lead the room in Antalya: why Australia should own loss, damage and adaptation finance at COP31
Australia should use its COP31 presidency of negotiations to continue to lead on...
Backing Black business builds stronger communities across the Territory

Behind every Aboriginal business is a story of someone who decided to back themselves. Someone who carried an idea through the doubt, the setbacks and the hard work.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Sep 17, 2026
Indigenous businesses are growing, and we can finally recognise their true impact

Indigenous business leaders have been striving for decades to grow and empower employees. Now, a new indicator has been developed to track the goal to Close the Gap on Indigenous Employment by 2031The...

Angela Sammons: Backing Aboriginal entrepreneurs means supporting the people already creating change

The owner of Sammons Contracting shared her experience at the Developing Northern Australia Conference recently, speaking about returning to her home region around Elliott, building a business and sup...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 21, 2026
Leadership matters: We must make the case for ourselves

While I thought that leaving politics meant leaving the business of public opinion - I was wrong. Business does not have that daily dynamic. There's no poll on whether the public still backs your idea...

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Ben Wyatt Aug 20, 2026
Opinion: Connect came west. It should come back again.

Supply Nation chief executive Kate Russell told the Connect gala dinner in Boorloo / Perth on Wednesday night that next year the event would be "coming home" to Gadigal.

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 13, 2026
First Nations businesses are driving progress 'across every sector'

Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, provided this speech for Supply Nation's Connect conference in Boorloo / Perth, Tuesday morning. Hello, everyone.

The future of First Nations economic development is already here

As leaders gather at Garma this weekend to debate the future of First Nations economic development, one question should cut through the conversation: will Australia back the institutions Aboriginal an...

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Donnella Mills Aug 1, 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 target has been met. More than 95 per cent of First Nations children are now enrolled in preschool, up from 61.

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 31, 2026
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