Eleven Aboriginal-owned businesses in Goldfields, Western Australia, will share in $165,000 from the State Government’s inaugural Goldfields Building Better Aboriginal Business grants, with upwards of $52,000 to be spent on resources companies.
Recipients are based in Wiluna, Boulder and South Boulder, Piccadilly, Coolgardie, South Kalgoorlie, Leonora/Laverton and Leinster/Wiluna.
Three First Nations-owned businesses either in or adjacent to the resources industry were awarded a total $52,700, they include: Triodia Resources, D-MAC Mining, and Tjiwarl Contracting Services.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister for Western Australia, Dr Tony Buti, said the program would realise the ‘untapped potential’ of First Nations-owned businesses.
“While going from strength to strength, the full potential of the Aboriginal business sector is yet to be realised,” Dr Buti said.
“In coming years, we will see Aboriginal businesses proliferate in number and scale, benefiting the wider economies and enriching local communities.
“Initiatives like these grants, combined with the WA Government’s Aboriginal Procurement Policy, will facilitate this growth and help our state reach key outcomes within our Closing the Gap implementation plan.”
See below for a full list of grant recipients:
- $19,600 for the Wiluna-based Tarlka Matuwa Piarku Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
- $13,411 for the Boulder-based Goldfields Aboriginal Business Chamber Incorporated
- $14,700 for Piccadilly’s Triodia Resources
- $20,000 for Coolgardie’s Judumul Aboriginal Corporation
- $20,000 for Boulder-based company Tucker Dust & Diesel
- $20,000 for South Kalgoorlie’s D-MAC Mining
- $3,600 for Leonora’s Kutjarra Tjukurrpa Enterprise (KTE)
- $1,896 for South Boulder’s OldBoys Cultural Gold Prospecting Tours
- $20,000 for the Leonora/Laverton based Duha Cleaning Services
- $14,510 for Coolgardie-based company Melissa’s Indigenous Cleaning Services
- $18,000 for Leinster/Wiluna based Tjiwarl Contracting Services (TCS)
