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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 thems...
Nicole Brown 17 Sep 2026
Angela Sammons: Backing Aboriginal entrepreneurs means supporting the people already creating change
The owner of Sammons Contracting shared her experience at the Developing Norther...
Nicole Brown 21 Aug 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
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
Indigenous Business Month celebrates the strength of community: 'Local & Connected'

Long before Australia understood the language of commerce, our old people understood the power of exchange. Across this continent, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples traded goods, shared kn...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 20, 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
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