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Hundreds of Indigenous students set to benefit from mining giant’s record community infrastructure spend
A community infrastructure commitment from mining and metals corporation BHP is...
Callan Morse 19 Jun 2026
Juukan Gorge Traditional Owners to own mining fleet under landmark Fortescue agreements
Key Points The Traditional Owners of Juukan Gorge will now own haul trucks and m...
Reece Harley 12 Jun 2026
Water Corporation procurement reforms aim to drive benefits for Aboriginal businesses in WA
Changes to Western Australia's Water Corporation procurement processes could dri...
Giovanni Torre 12 Jun 2026
Dambimangari Traditional Owners back new Koolan Island ownership deal
Dambimangari Traditional Owners have backed a new ownership deal for Koolan Isla...
Natasha Clark 12 Jun 2026
Indigenous mining contractor Cundaline Resources placed in liquidation
Key points: The Pilbara contracting success story was founded on the back of For...
Reece Harley 10 Jun 2026
Fresh focus on connecting cultures in the Goldfields

An important Indigenous cultural hub in Western Australia's Goldfields is set for a transformative period which will further embed inclusion and community connection across the vast region.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jun 2, 2026
IMACA: Indigenous enterprise drives Kimberley recovery and sets its sights high

Fred Taylor has been building Indigenous Mining and Civil Australia Pty Ltd (IMACA) for more than six years on the foundations of civil construction knowledge, capability, and experience.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 27, 2026
Aboriginal people still struggling to raise capital against their own land

Key points:- In the mainstream economy, money cycles five to seven times. In the black economy, twice- A Kimberley woman makes funeral flowers at cost so grieving families don't carry the burden- "Who...

Reece Harley Reece Harley May 27, 2026
Indigenous Business Australia now 89 per cent self-funded

Key points:- The home loan book is 50 years old and now in its fourth generation of repayments- $2.8 billion under management, 5,618 customers, and legal powers finally unlocked to raise outside capit...

Reece Harley Reece Harley May 27, 2026
'We're the sleeping giant': Natasha Short sets 20 per cent procurement target

Key Points:- The Kimberley is 40 per cent Aboriginal. Only 10 per cent of its businesses are.- "If you had $50,000, you'd give it to an Aboriginal organisation before you gave it to an Aboriginal busi...

Reece Harley Reece Harley May 27, 2026
Yindjibarndi, BHP explore Pilbara clean energy solutions

Key Points:• A new MOU could accelerate BHP's decarbonisation of energy needs in Pilbara
• It follows Yindjibarndi Energy's 30-year power purchase agreement with Rio Tinto• YEC is...

David Prestipino David Prestipino May 26, 2026
Building the table: Kimberley voices on the future of Indigenous business

Key Points- Australia's big banks refused to lend to an Aboriginal pastoral company on standard terms, and it had nothing to do with the books.

Reece Harley Reece Harley May 26, 2026
The $5.4 billion question for the Kimberley

Key Points:- The Kimberley's Indigenous business sector has hit 230 enterprises and ten per cent of the regional economy, with 90 new operators in four years.- A $5.

Reece Harley Reece Harley May 26, 2026
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