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IBA/IRAM Media Release: Tennant Creek store update

[…] board has approved the design, our architect has ordered all the specialist fittings, including refrigeration and shelving, and we have awarded tenders for the fit out,” IRAM CEO John Kop said. “The reconstruction project gave us a chance to modernise the store lay out and facilities, so we’re keen to get on with it […]

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IBA Media Release: Voices soar in NT community

[…] Croft, a musician and artistic director who coordinated the project via her role at Barkly Regional Arts. The idea for the online singing collaboration came from IRAM CEO John Kop during COVID-19 lockdowns after seeing the diverse virtual choirs popping up around the world. He arranged sponsorship from IRAM, a subsidiary of IBA, which […]

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Generations of resilience: IBA Business Forum in review

[…] true, don’t help to invigorate your next steps so the forum’s discussion ventured further into how to manage past the crisis. The panel was moderated by IBA CEO Rajiv Viswanathan. He noted the discussion comes at a really important time for the Australian economy as a whole but also particularly for the Indigenous business […]

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Partnering for Indigenous Financial Well-being

[…] – an Indigenous financial well-being website (to be launched this year) and their keystone event, Big Super Day Out, a superannuation outreach program for Indigenous communities. IBA CEO Rajiv Viswanathan noted that a portion of the annual returns from IBA’s investment in the Indigenous Real Estate Investment Trust (I-REIT) are able to be used […]

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Building homes for the future

[…] history to do so. In the past five years alone, IBA has provided more than $1 billion in home loans to a record number of applicants. IBA CEO, Rajiv Viswanathan, noted that the organisation is constantly looking for ways to innovate, and expand funding wherever possible. ‘Demand for IBA’s home loan offering continues to […]

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IBA invested in Australia's space industry

[…] we’re bridging that gap and that Aboriginal people have always been in that technology space. It’s been crucial to their survival.” That’s what Arrernte man Peter Renehan, CEO at the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CfAT), said in this beautiful video that shows the ground station build in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). This multimillion-dollar facility is […]

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Australia goes live with 1st Indigenous satellite ground station

[…] bushfires), environmental monitoring, border protection and search and rescue, as well as strategic uses such as monitoring the economic impacts of pandemics like COVID-19 from space. CfAT CEO Peter Renehan said, ‘This facility brings together our mission of engagement and people, innovation and excellence – and puts Aboriginal people at the forefront of Australia’s […]

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Support for the Indigenous business sector affected by COVID-19

[…] rates for all IBA home loan customers for an initial period of 6 months, as well as deferral of repayments for home loan customers in hardship. IBA CEO Rajiv Viswanathan said, “We know that many Indigenous businesses will be facing uncertainty and economic hardship now and in the coming months. In this rapidly changing […]

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An accelerator program launched specifically for procurement opportunities

[…] Telstra, as well as IBA and the Victorian State Government, to deliver an accelerator program for mature businesses aspiring to develop relationships with major companies. As Co- CEO of PIC Jodie Sizer said, 'Our mob are true entrepreneurs. We just need to help them get access to those opportunities.' Kinaway General Manager, Paul Kruspe, […]

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IBA Media Release: Dreams can come true - a home owner's story

[…] long time. I was overwhelmed with happiness. It was awesome! ‘Never stop believing, never stop dreaming…Why reach for the clouds when you can reach for the stars.’ CEO Rajiv Viswanathan says we’re well on our way to our goal of supporting 70,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families to live in […]

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