Development
This week's AIATSIS Summit has heard despite increasing numbers of Aboriginal women completing degrees, scholarships and professional development programs, many are still being shut out of the rooms w...
What is unfolding on Wurankuwu is a powerful example of what self-determination can look like when Traditional Owners are not simply consulted, but leading from the front.
Two First Nations communities in the Northern Territory will share a $30 million investment for the first round of Aboriginal Investment NT's Collective Impact Initiatives, bolstering long-term econom...
A new $50 million water bottling project at Naseyani in Fiji's Ra province is being positioned as a major investment in rural development, export growth and landowner partnership.
A delegation from the Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation will travel to Aotearoa / New Zealand this month to study the commercial strategies of Māori corporations, including the investment platform o...
Ember Connect has launched the March 2026 round of its Game Changer Grants, awarding four $2,500 grants to support the professional development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Five years into the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, the national data points to uneven and fragile progress. The Productivity Commission reports that, of the targets with sufficient data to ass...
Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation and Mineral Resources have joined forces to launch a new program to support Robe River Kuruma members seeking to enhance or develop their businesses.
Ochre Ventures, Australia's first specialist venture capital fund dedicated to First Nations entrepreneurship, is working to address a long-standing gap in the Indigenous business finance landscape, w...
An Indigenous-led collaboration in Far North Queensland is laying the groundwork for what could become Australia's first commercial giant freshwater prawn industry, blending ancient knowledge with mod...
The federal government is doubling the Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program from 3,000 to 6,000 remote jobs with a $299 million investment, linking the expansion to Closing the Gap targets on...
The national Closing the Gap agenda has become a "catchall" that is failing to deliver results because it lacks strategic focus, while the corporate sector has been urged to step into the vacuum left...
Wiradjuri man Hayden Charles is one of Australia's rising Indigenous business leaders, overseeing a national commercial services group that spans cleaning, construction, maintenance and security.