A Goldfields indigenous business has acquired an environmental services firm in a move it hopes will diversify income streams for native title holders.
A fiery email sent to the premier and prime minister has highlighted a growing friction between commercial interests and legal rights of the Pilbara's native title groups.
Yindjibarndi traditional owners will appeal the federal court's awarding of $150 million in compensation from Fortescue for cultural loss from construction of a Pilbara iron ore mine.
Non-profit business development agency Morrgul has a wealth of data to prove its mantra that education and employment are the best ways to lift people out of poverty.
Native title stakeholders must stop finger-pointing and sit down together to build a better heritage approvals process, one of the state's leading consultants says.
Project proponents have been warned of approval delays after the federal government cut grants to native title representatives by as much as 40 per cent.
The resources industry must view native title as a property right if it wants to remove barriers impeding project approvals, the author of a landmark heritage review says.
Fortescue has struck a deal with a Pilbara Aboriginal group to lease electric machinery and involve them in planning of mines and green energy infrastructure.
Water Corporation will strengthen Aboriginal participation requirements in tenders as the state invests $2.7 billion in water and wastewater infrastructure.
The state government will move to curb the influence ‘predatory' consultants hold over negotiations between native title parties and resources companies.
