Jana Stewart
First Nations people, and businesses, are supercharging Australia's economic growth, and delivering bang for buck. Contributing $16.1 billion in revenue each year, they pay $4.
As the Labor Party looks to hold office in the upcoming election, the issue of the Indigenous affairs portfolio and the policies of the two major parties has stood out.
Indigenous people need to get back to language groups and move away from peak bodies, Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has said. Appearing alongside Labor Senator Jana Stewart, Greens Senator Dorinda...
First Nations Foundation is urging the federal government to pursue an ambitious agenda to ensure the financial prosperity of Indigenous Australians, following the findings of a parliamentary report.
The peak body for Traditional Owners in Victoria, as well as the country's first Indigenous-owned energy retailer, has welcomed the calls by the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strai...
While First Nations people and businesses are significant contributors to the national economy, restricted access to finance and capital is limiting their growth and financial wellbeing, a new report...
Fourteen First Nations ancestors have been returned to Australia from four Californian collecting institutions. The repatriation sees five ancestors returned from Berkeley's Phoebe A.
Using fashion as a catalyst for social change, Clothing The Gaps made a bold and powerful statement at Melbourne Fashion Week last month, as the brand took to the Closing Showcase to present three gar...
The federal government's funding announcement for 1000 Indigenous rangers has been labelled a "massive boost" by organisations on the ground, who argue it is a direct result of lobbying for more range...
More than 1000 Indigenous Ranger positions will be created Australia-wide—up to 770 of them for First Nations women. The expansion of the Indigenous Rangers Program will see a $355 million inves...
'What can you do as a collective to have impact?"That was the question asked to a group of First Nations entrepreneurs enrolled in the MURRA Indigenous Business Masterclass, in a Melbourne Business Sc...
First Nations enrolments in TAFE courses now make up more than 5 per cent of all enrolments, with the federal government saying their Fee-Free TAFE initiative continues to exceed targets.
Despite increasingly contributing to the Australian economy, First Nations business have gone largely unnoticed by past governments, according to the chair of a federal parliamentary committee, Indige...