Economy
An Australian island's efforts to improve food security and transition into a blue economy will be bolstered by a new project to propagate a nutritious and increasingly popular fish.
Fiji has launched a 10-year national framework to guide ocean-based development while protecting marine ecosystems. The Fiji Blue Economy Framework 2025-2035 sets national policy direction for governm...
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute has announced Professor Deen Sanders OAM as its new Board Advisor and Cultural Governance and First Nations Leadership Advisor - a decision the organisatio...
Supply Nation has announced that its members have spent almost $6 billion with Indigenous businesses in the last financial year. In the financial year 2024-25, Supply Nation facilitated $5.
The New South Wales Aboriginal Business Roundtable is set to be held next month in support of the state's Indigenous tourism sector. Rescheduled from July due to severe weather, the eighth Roundtable...
Major changes are coming to a free government service that helps welfare recipients manage their money. On Wednesday the federal government announced reforms to its Centrepay service it says will bett...
The Torres Strait recently welcomed its most diverse fisheries advisory body, formed through a community-led process. Thirty-five members from across the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area (NPA...
First Nations representatives will gather in Darwin on Tuesday to share ideas with the federal government for driving Australia's economic growth and productivity.
The 2025 Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) Summit spotlighted the untapped potential of First Nations participation in driving sustainable productivity.
A global race to secure critical minerals is placing environmental protections and Indigenous rights at risk, experts have warned at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
The Asian Development Bank has issued stilted growth projections through the Pacific for the next two years. On Wednesday, the regional bank and major aid funder issued its flagship annual forecasts...
Prices for the most basic commodities have been crippling a number of Pacific island communities. Purchasing food every day is proving a genuine challenge chiefly for residents of Kiribati, Niue and T...
A multi-layered civil war on Australia's doorstep is a prime example of the consequences foreign investors face if they don't share their profits with locals, Papua New Guinea's prime minister says.