Indigenous business and employment hubs across Australia
Indigenous business and employment hubs have been established across the country to support and advise Indigenous businesses in the process of starting up. The hubs also work to help connect Indigenous business owners with non-Indigenous organisations and investors, and leverage procurement opportunities with Commonwealth, State and Local Government agencies and industry.
So far three Hubs, funded through the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA), are up and running in Western Sydney, Perth and Adelaide. A fourth hub is currently being established in the Northern Territory (NT) and will eventually operate in four locations across the territory. The hubs provide a range of services including business advice, facilitation of access to
capital, growth support, tendering assistance, training and seminars and access to office space. Non-Indigenous organisations can work with the hubs to support Indigenous businesses. The hubs help link firms to Indigenous skills and talent and potential corporate supply chain partners and provide advice on culturally inclusive and supportive workplaces.
Above: Shane Devitt, Waalitj Hub General Manager, with business client Marcia Edwards, owner of family business Cryogenics Group which supplies gases to the medical, industrial, commercial and mining sectors. Image courtesy of Waalitj Hub in Perth.
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