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Colin Wilkinson Developments

Broome companies win housing jobs

Fraser Beattie Fraser Beattie
12 Mar 2015

Construction contracts worth $17.2 million have been awarded to four Broome businesses for a West Kimberley housing project that aims to benefit Aboriginal families.

Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation

YMAC fights for Aboriginal heritage act re-draft

Fraser Beattie Fraser Beattie
06 Mar 2015

Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation says it will continue to lobby and fight for the Aboriginal Heritage Act Amendment Bill, which is currently before parliament, to be re-drafted.

Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation

Aboriginal contractors chase competitive edge - SPECIAL REPORT

Mark Beyer Mark Beyer
16 Feb 2015

Facing a slowdown in mining-related construction work, indigenous contractors are diversifying into new fields, establishing joint ventures and highlighting their Aboriginal credentials. Click through to also see our BNiQ list of 25 major indigenous contractors in WA.

Wirrpanda Foundation

Contractors told to get real on indigenous jobs

Mark Beyer Mark Beyer
16 Feb 2015

The Wirrpanda Foundation, which is one of nine Western Australian groups pioneering a new indigenous training and employment program in the state, has put contractors who over promise and under deliver on notice.

Indigenous tourism council targets corporates

Carrie Burns Carrie Burns
27 Jan 2015

Australia’s only state-based not-for-profit indigenous tourism association is rolling out its new strategy and calling for support from local WA business.

Wesfarmers

Wesfarmers spurs arts business

Shanna Crispin Shanna Crispin
21 Nov 2014

A partnership between Wesfarmers and an indigenous art group has generated a new business opportunity.

Rio Tinto

Rio invests $2.7m in Graham Farmer Foundation

Saskia Pickles Saskia Pickles
05 Nov 2014

Rio Tinto has reinvested in its partnership with Aboriginal education group Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation, signing a three-year $2.7 million deal.

Kimberley training campuses open doors

Fraser Beattie Fraser Beattie
07 Oct 2014

Two training facilities in the Kimberley will officially open this week after Training and Workforce Development Minister Kim Hames announced the completion of a $9.9 million redevelopment today.

Buru Energy

Fracking plan divisive

Mark Beyer Mark Beyer
30 Jun 2014

Respected Aboriginal leader Wayne Bergmann has launched an extraordinary attack on Buru Energy, after the oil and gas company announced a landmark agreement with the Noonkanbah Aboriginal community.

Buru Energy

Buru receives Noonkanbah backing

Mark Beyer Mark Beyer
25 Jun 2014

The Aboriginal community that was at the centre of a major land rights dispute, sparked by oil exploration at a remote Kimberley cattle station in the early 1980s, has announced its support for a gas 'fracking' program planned by Perth company Buru Energy.

Clontarf Foundation

Clontarf aiming for the big sticks as federal funding kicks in

Shanna Crispin Shanna Crispin
05 Mar 2014

The Aboriginal educator is chasing significant growth buoyed by a boost in federal government funding.

BHP Billiton Iron Ore

BHP doubles indigenous student funding

Cameron Drummond Cameron Drummond
18 Oct 2013

BHP Billiton Iron Ore will today announce the doubling of its investment in scholarships for indigenous students in Western Australia.

Art Gallery of WA

Myths a hit in art award

Cherie Wheeler
30 Aug 2013

THURSDAY Island-based artist Brian Robinson has won the Western Australian Indigenous Art Award, receiving $50,000 in prize money.

Mossenson frees up co-op space

Mark Pownall Mark Pownall
14 Jun 2013

One of Perth’s longest running private art businesses is restructuring to turn its main gallery space into a proposed artists’ collective, citing a crisis in the sector as rivals close their doors.

ATCO Australia

ATCO backs indigenous art

Cherie Wheeler
30 May 2013

Perth-based energy infrastructure company ATCO Australia has announced it will support two new exhibitions to be presented by indigenous art group Nomad Two Worlds.

Indigenous art back from the US

Tim Fettis
16 May 2013

MORE than 100 pieces of indigenous art will return to Western Australia after Curtin University and New York's Colgate University signed a memorandum of agreement to return the works from the US.

Aboriginal dance takes next step

Nicholas Brant
11 Jul 2012

FLEDGLING arts group WA Aboriginal Dance Company has launched plans to establish itself as a permanent business and will do so under the new name Ochre Contemporary Dance Company.

AECOM

OPR Good Heart set to pick up a beat

Emily Morgan
20 Jun 2012

OAKAJEE Port and Rail and other sponsors are keen to grow opportunities for indigenous artists in the Mid West by building on the success of the Good Heart Mid West Aboriginal Art Exhibition.

PLWA Group

Procurement push by indigenous players

Emily Morgan
14 Dec 2011

ECONOMIC development is the answer to indigenous liberation in Australia, facilitated through procurement and contracting of indigenous corporations and joint ventures.

BHP Billiton

$4m indigenous program

Emily Morgan
14 Sep 2011

BHP Billiton has stepped up its sustainable development strategy by partnering with east coast-based Australian Indigenous Education Foundation to provide educational scholarships to indigenous high s

Clontarf links with private sector

Adam Orlando
25 Feb 2009

FOR the past decade, the Clontarf Foundation has forged partnerships with business leaders and heads of government to help develop its program to assist Aboriginal youth.

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