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For many young people, buying their first home in their 20s may seem out of reach, but Ryan and Keilan were determined to make it happen. Ryan McDonald, a Waka Waka man, and Keilan Carson, an Arunta man, are IBA’s 20,000th home loan customers since the inception of the Indigenous Home Ownership Program in 1975. […]

‘Invigorate – Build – Maintain’: words that resonate with many of us at these times, and thus a particular poignant theme for 2020’s Indigenous Business Month. IBA held a virtual business forum in October with the Minister for Indigenous Australians and inspiring business owners/leaders to discuss how they have dealt with the current world. Read a summary of that event.

IBA partners with First Nations Foundation to deliver on their joint objective for the financial prosperity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The partnership supports the delivery of financial education and retirement goals for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

IBA will receive $150 million in funding from the Federal Government over 2 years to stimulate construction and employment opportunities in regional locations. This equity injection will provide funding to support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people obtain a home loan to build their own home.

The event will be held on 27–30 April 2020 at the Darwin Convention Centre and include up to 350 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesswomen - making it the largest gathering of Indigenous businesswomen in Australia. Applications open 30 January 2020.

Excerpt from an article written by Paige Taylor titled, 'More Indigenous move into home ownership group', and published in The Australian on 11 September 2019. More Indigenous Australians than ever are homeowners, fewer live in overcrowded accommodation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who rent are slowly shifting away from social housing in favour of private properties.

A new program has launched to help Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business owners to accelerate the growth of their businesses.

The inaugural Futures Forum kicks off this week to drive the future direction for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. It brings together Indigenous people aged between 18 to 30 that have experience in owning and operating a business and/or contributing to the development of the Indigenous economy.

IBA provided more home loans in the past financial year than ever before. The journey to home ownership isn’t easy, it takes planning, budgeting, forward thinking and commitment. IBA has created a budgeting workshop to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families to better understand the financial responsibilities of buying a home and […]

ANNUAL REPORT 2 02 2 –2 3 INDIGENOUS BUSINESS AUSTRALIA A note on terminology The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues estimates there are more than 370 million Indigenous people spread across 70 countries worldwide. In considering the diversity of Indigenous people, an of ficial definition of ‘indigenous’ has not been adopted by any […]