11/10/2026
𝗕𝗘𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘.
Another week celebrating Indigenous Business Month! And today, we want to talk about distance…
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗔, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁?
Sometimes, the capability is closer than you think.
According to the 2021 Census, more than 28,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in WA lived in remote or very remote areas, representing almost one in five people living in these regions.
So, when projects, contracts and investment come into these regions, there is an important question to ask: How much of that opportunity can stay local?
Working with local Aboriginal businesses can mean more jobs, skills and economic activity staying within the communities where the work is happening.
The WA Office of the Auditor General has recognised that, for some remote contracts, local Aboriginal businesses can be the lowest-cost tenderers because their location can reduce worker and management travel costs. The report also highlights another important advantage: local knowledge and community connections can help facilitate the delivery of projects.
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱.
Thank you to the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the WA Office of the Auditor General for the data and research helping us show, during this Indigenous Business Month, just how far the impact of Indigenous businesses reaches.
