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Short term thinking cripples efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Held at the Hilton Sydney on 31 October, perspectives focused on the lessons to be learned from over 50,000 years of Indigenous culture in Australia, as well as Indigenous Peoples across the world. ASFI announced a new partnership with the First Nations ...

Nature and climate now on equal footing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Parker warns investors to "assess and address" nature risks, keeping interconnected issues like modern slavery and Indigenous rights in mind. "We are likely to soon see some kind of shadow pricing by investors to recognise ecosystem services which are ...

Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A new strategy seeks to move past compliance and risk management when it comes to Indigenous issues, and focus on climate resilience and responsible investing. Indigenous financial wellbeing organisation Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) recently ...

"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... and more renewables will ensure grid reliability. Bowen also emphasized the role of the energy transition in reducing Indigenous disadvantage. For example, the East Kimberley Clean Energy Project, a 900-megawatt solar farm and a hydrogen facility with ...

Banks to refund millions following ASIC review

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Bank, CBA and Westpac kept at least two million low-income Australians in high-fee accounts, 'Better banking for Indigenous Consumers', found. Most banks only provide customers with difficult 'opt-in' processes to switch to low-fee options ...

NAB funds DEI workplace research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting racism and a lack of cultural safety at work. The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (Jumbunna), the UTS Business School, and the Diversity Council Australia (DCA), are gathering fresh ...

Podcast: First Nations cultural heritage and FPIC with Rachel Perkins and Anirudha (Anu) Nagar

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Petrass welcomes two guests to the show: Rachel Perkins and Anirudha (Anu) Nagar. Rachel is an Arrernte and Kalkadoon Indigenous woman. She is a widely celebrated filmmaker, founder of Blackfella Films, and Executive Director of Cultural Heritage for ...

ASFA partners with First Nations Foundation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... the First Nations Super Summit earlier this year," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. FNF is a not-for-profit Indigenous financial wellbeing foundation led by an Indigenous majority board since 2006. "It's encouraging to see that one of the ...

Westpac looks for next CSO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... frameworks. Sustainability disclosures are now led by finance, community and foundations are with corporate affairs, Indigenous engagement is a function of human resources, and net-zero target-setting resides with the customer-facing divisions. Over ...

Canberra scopes First Nations economic policy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... areas for reform to achieve economic justice for our people." According to the First Nations Foundation (FNF), the Indigenous financial wellbeing provider, the government and the finance sector must take further action in leveling the economic playing ...