Fast-growing indigenous business Yurra, which boasts annual revenue of about $150 million, has commenced a process to identify a strategic equity partner to join the founding shareholders.
Iron ore giant Rio Tinto has partnered with Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance, investing millions of dollars in healthcare services in the state’s North West.
Award-winning indigenous business Benang has picked up more work with ATCO Australia, winning a contract to install new gas infrastructure across Perth’s northern suburbs.
The wetland in Perth’s western suburbs has undergone a name change to its Whadjuk Noongar title, after receiving approval from an independent advisory body.
Pilbara contractor Yurra has won a $66 million contract with Rio Tinto adding to a pipeline of work with Main Roads WA, Woodside and its recycling joint venture with Sims.
WA’s largest indigenous business has outlined plans for further growth and diversification beyond the Pilbara as chief executive Amanda Healy transitions to chair of Warrikal’s board.
A judge has concerns in the timeline of Pilbara traditional owner’s legal challenge against newly minted federal Minister Murray Watt, over the controversial North West Shelf extension.
An Aboriginal consultancy that was promised $4.5 million in government funding to facilitate cultural heritage surveys has been forced to halt operations after the money did not arrive.
A Pilbara Traditional Owner group has doubled down on the push to put Murujuga rock art on the world heritage list, despite a speed bump with the United Nations.
Living members of the stolen generation in Western Australian will be eligible for a $85,000 payment under a long-advocated for redress scheme unveiled by the state government today.
A new national centre will champion unlocking of cash-flush charitable trusts and back entrepreneurism for youth in its pitch to build economic opportunities for Indigenous people.
Lawyers have wrapped up their arguments in the $1.8 billion compensation dispute between Yindjibarndi and Fortescue, with the latter claiming only $8 million was owed.
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation’s compensation claim over impact of the Solomon mine on their land has been exaggerated, Fortescue’s lawyer told the court.
Counsel for the state government claimed Fortescue’s mining would not extinguish the Yindjibarndi people’s native rights in the Pilbara, during a hearing in the Federal Court.
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has upped its compensation claim against Fortescue to $1.8 billion, over the alleged cultural damage caused by the miner’s Solomon hub.
Yindjibarndi traditional owners have experienced collective trauma and emotional distress over FMG's Solomon mine, a lawyer told the court in the ongoing $500 million compensation dispute.
Fortescue’s way in developing its Solomon hub is an outlier in how other miners have operated in the Pilbara, a barrister for Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation told the court.
A Pilbara native title group pursuing a large renewable energy project and compensation from Fortescue is now the largest indigenous corporation in the state.
WA precast housing innovator NXT TEC have received development approval for a $3 million housing project, in partnership with Aboriginal-owned housing provider Noongar Mia Mia.
A major Aboriginal corporation has launched two new ventures to help other Aboriginal groups in legal disputes after securing a $125 million compensation payout from Rio Tinto.
WA’s largest indigenous trust has reported a huge jump in annual revenue after recording $166 million in royalty payments from Rio Tinto but this was not enough to resolve a long-running dispute.
The state government has spent $716 million with Aboriginal businesses on transport contracts in just over three years, hitting a procurement target two years ahead of deadline.
A Federal Court of Australia judge has questioned the more than $10 million bill over registering thousands of workers impacted in the Western Australian stolen wages case.
