How Indigenous business enterprise is rewriting Australian economics

Thursday, Feb 26, 2026, 01:56 AM | Source: Pursuit

Cain Polidano, Michelle Evans, Sarah Dahmann, Admiral Manganda, Yashu Kalera, Julie Moschion, Miguel Ruiz, Brooke Murray-Noble

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In contemporary Australia, jobs are a vital socio-economic vehicle. Having a job brings benefits to people and their families beyond the simple economic transaction of financial reward for effort.

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their removal from Country, disenfranchisement from traditional economic practices and increasing dependence on the imposed capitalist economy has established a hierarchy of labour in Australia that places Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the bottom of the ladder.

Young Aboriginal man working as a barista making coffee in a cafe
Over the past fifty years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have established business ownership across...

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