Hosted by Mundanara Bayles, Black Magic Woman is a conversational podcast featuring First Nations guests and highlighting the stories, diversity and resilience of First Nations peoples. The strength of this podcast is the host’s ability to bring together a highly diverse range of perspectives and lived experiences to the platform. Black Magic Woman aims to focus on who people are, … Read More
2020 Strong Women Strong Business Conference applications open today
IBA are excited to announce that applications to attend the Strong Women Strong Business 2020 conference open today! The conference will be held from 27–30 April 2020 at the Darwin Convention Centre and will be the largest gathering of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesswomen in Australia’s history Following on from the immensely successful 2018 conference held in Adelaide, IBA … Read More
My Dilly Bag shares culture through bush foods
As part of the partnership with Small Business Secrets, we’re showcasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses all month on SBS. Featured on 11 April was Dale Chapman who formed My Dilly Bag 20 years ago with a dream for true equality for all Australians through sharing delicious native foods. But when COVID hit, orders slowed to a trickle. She … Read More
YEAR LONG REGIONAL INDIGENOUS BUSINESS ROADSHOW KICKS OFF IN TOWNSVILLE!
The next generation of Townsville Indigenous start-ups, innovators, and entrepreneurs will be launched next week at the Townsville One Business Indigenous Business Expo. The event will bring together Indigenous businesses with government, corporate, council and community buyers.Hit hard by COVID lockdowns in 2020, the Townsville regional Indigenous business community has seized the opportunity to come together.One Business’s coordinator Leesa Watego … Read More
Deadly Denim kick off SBS episodes
In partnership with SBS, IBA is proud to showcase a series of segments with strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses. The first in the SBS Small Business Secrets series featured on Sunday 4 April with Rebecca Rickard from Deadly Denim. The Ballardong Whadjuk woman from the Nyungar nation is creating denim jackets, incorporating Indigenous artwork. Rebecca talked to SBS … Read More
QLD Flood Tips:
Keep an eye Queensland Weather and Warnings: Through to website. (You can download the App from the link) Regional Flood Assistance: Through to website. Maintaining health during floods: Floodwater can be extremely polluted, so understanding how to reduce your risk of injury, sickness or infection during and in the aftermath of floods and storms is important. It includes advice on … Read More
Behind the Business
This week we are hearing from – Julie Okely, Dilkara Australia Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I am Julie, a proud Kamilaroi woman born in Coonabarabran NSW. A Mum of two, living in Canberra – our bush capital. I’m the brainchild behind developing Dilkara Australia and the refillable model that we offer on many of our online … Read More
Applications are now open!
Applications are now open for the West Kimberley Aboriginal Leaders and Women in Business Conference being held on the 13th to the 15th April 2021 on Bunuba country. .Kimberley Jiyigas supported by Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), will host a two day West Kimberley Aboriginal Leaders and Womens in Business Forum (WK ALWIB Forum). This ‘Wiyi in Business’ event follows on … Read More
Bespoke weaving business takes off during pandemic
Embodying culture and creativity, Ngumpie Weaving’s Tegan Murdock is creating beautifully woven jewellery and keepsakes, sharing her craft with the world. A Barkindtji/Yorta Yorta woman, Murdock grew up in Coomealla, a small town in the far west of New South Wales. “I did all schooling down there up until the start of year 11, after school we moved to Albury … Read More
