Indigenous Enterprise
Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into developing Indigenous enterprises
Topical Issue 11 / 2008
September 2008 - Indigenous Enterprise
A submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into developing Indigenous enterprises by Jon Altman and Kirrily Jordan. This submission highlights the emerging opportunities for Indigenous enterprise in natural resource management, including in the response to climate change, and the need to identify and support these activities.
[17 September 2008]
Buying the hotel: Social value or social liability for Indigenous groups? Some preliminary thoughts
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
At the core of alcohol control policies in Australia-and indeed in any country with a system of licensing-lies a key conflict. This is the conflict between the interest of the state in reducing alcohol-related problems on the one hand, and its interest in enjoying the economic benefits produced by the alcohol beverage industry on the other. When an Indigenous corporation buys into premises licensed to sell alcohol, it is faced with a similar conflict and a moral hazard: good sales may mean more alcohol-related harms for which others largely bear the cost.
Indigenous Australian entrepreneurs: Not all community organisations, not all in the outback
Discussion Paper 279 / 2006
Abstract:
The media, academic publications and parliamentary speeches typically perceive Indigenous business enterprises as ‘community’ run ventures. This blanket characterisation is inadequate as it renders the individual Indigenous urban entrepreneur invisible and unconsidered. Confusion in public reporting and accountability has resulted in misconceptions that cloud the image of what a successful Indigenous entrepreneur is.
