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Burii dining experience puts Gimuy culture on the menu
Cairns Convention Centre has launched a First Nations-inspired dining experience...
Joseph Guenzler 26 May 2026
Finalists for Supply Nation's top awards announced ahead of Connect 2026
Finalists have been announced for one of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island...
Jarred Cross 18 May 2026
Tender for Indigenous business verification system to open amid major IPP transition
The Federal Government is preparing to open the Indigenous business verification...
Reece Harley 9 May 2026
WA records $2.1 billion in Indigenous procurement spend, new report finds
Western Australia accounted for $2. 1 billion in Indigenous procurement spend in...
Reece Harley 12 Mar 2026
Australia's biggest awards for First Nations businesses set for Boorloo / Perth
Australia's biggest awards for First Nations businesses are returning to Boorloo...
Brendan Foster 2 Feb 2026
‘High-quality, unique and authentic products’: Indigenous businesses to support this holiday season

A selection of certified Indigenous-owned businesses specialising in products suitable for gifting and indulging over the holiday period have been selected to feature in Supply Nation's 2025 Festive S...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Nov 7, 2025
NIBCA welcomes stronger Supply Nation checks amid integrity concerns

The National Indigenous Business Chamber's Alliance (NIBCA) has welcomed Supply Nation's decision to introduce face-to-face verification interviews for Certified Indigenous businesses, describing it a...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Nov 7, 2025
Expensive shots, the kind that cost our mob: Gammin calls for collaboration with exclusion as intent

When I wrote my first op-ed, it wasn't about personalities. It was about systems, representation, and truth. It called out how Aboriginal business keeps being left out of national economic discussions...

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Naomi Anstess Nov 3, 2025
Exclusive: Black cladding concerns prompt new AI-focused integrity register - IBIR

Broad concerns over conflicts of interest, contract integrity and misuse of Indigenous procurement programs have prompted the launch of a new AI-focused, transparency-driven certification register.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Oct 30, 2025
Opinion: Building Indigenous businesses needs cooperation, not cheap shots

Naomi Anstess's opinion piece in the Indigenous Business Review, "Let's get this right: An likely unwanted opinion I am going to give anyway", is a passionate call for greater recognition of, and supp...

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Kate Russell Oct 22, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Indigenous business owner accuses Supply Nation of silencing criticism after deregistration

Supply Nation, a national certifier of Indigenous-owned enterprises whose database underpins much of Australia's corporate and government procurement, has deregistered a Queensland business following...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Oct 17, 2025
Exclusive: Non-Indigenous 'Tiwi Man' letters under scrutiny

In 2020, when Peter George Remfrey's Queensland-based workforce company Pandanus Group announced a new partnership, he was introduced as "a proud Tiwi man of non-Indigenous descent".

Reece Harley Reece Harley Oct 15, 2025
Supply Nation reports almost $6 billion spent last financial year with Indigenous businesses

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.

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Brendan Foster Oct 15, 2025
Indigenous chambers unite to chart a community-led path for business certification

On a brisk August morning last week in Sydney, the energy at the International Convention Centre was palpable. Indigenous business leaders and representatives from some of Australia's largest corporat...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 26, 2025
McCarthy: Government ‘deeply committed’ to First Nations economic empowerment

Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says the government is "deeply committed" to working with Indigenous people to support economic empowerment and self-determination.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 20, 2025
Exclusive: Certified UK records contradict CEO’s Indigenous identity claim as Supply Nation maintains certification

Certified UK birth and migration records obtained by the National Indigenous Times raise serious doubts about a South Australian business leader's public claim to Aboriginal identity.

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David Prestipino Aug 14, 2025
Exclusive: Supply Nation accused of censorship, 'toxic' culture

One of Australia's largest Indigenous business certifiers is facing allegations of censorship and internal bullying. Supply Nation is described by the federal government as the nation's "leading datab...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 14, 2025
Weapons firms in, Indigenous voices out at Supply Nation Roundtable

Supply Nation's decision to not include any Indigenous-owned businesses while inviting weapons manufacturers and the Department of Defence to its newly reconvened Leadership Roundtable has drawn sharp...

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