Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership

Excited to announce that Rae Johnston is the MC for our sold-out National Summit on Indigenous Preferential Procurement. Rae is a multi-award winning journalist (and self declared data nerd!) and host of myriad shows including Radio National’s Download This Show, ABC Radio Sydney’s Saturday Mornings and iHeartRadio’s Weird Tech podcast. She also travels the country as a TV host on NITV’s Going Places with Ernie Dingo, ABC’s Back Roads and SBS’ The Secret DNA Of Us. A Wiradyuri and Greek woman who was born and raised on Darug & Gundungurra Country, Rae also serves on the boards of both the Telstra Foundation and Swinburne University of Technology. We are so looking forward to welcoming an amazing group of speakers and participants from across the nation to Naarm on 21 May. Stay tuned as we share updates of the Summit during the week! #IndigenousResearch #Procurement #DilinDuwa

Our National Summit on Indigenous Preferential Procurement Policies and Programs is now fully booked. We are opening a waitlist. You can register your interest at: https://ow.ly/uZ4E50YWnan Thank you for your interest in this event. Excited to see where the conversation takes us! #IndigenousLeadership #IndigenousResearch #Procurement

Excited to welcome MURRA Gen 17 to Naarm and Melbourne Business School for Module 1 of the 2026 program! Starting with a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony with Uncle John Terrick, the class have had lively discussions in strategy and marketing with Professors Geoff Martin and Michal Carrington. We also welcomed back Gen 2 alumni Jasmin Herro who shared her own business and leadership journey. With 30 participants, Gen 17 is our largest intake ever and represents an amazingly diverse group of Indigenous business representatives across the nation! #MURRA #IndigenousBusiness #IndigenousLeadership

Registrations are now open for Dilin Duwa's National Summit on the Indigenous Preferential Procurement Policies and Programs. We will present the findings of our 3-year ARC funded research into the IPPP, hear from policymakers, corporates and community representatives and co-design with attendees actionable recommendations to guide the next phase of our work and ensure that it remains relevant and impactful for our communities. Join us to hear how Indigenous Preferential Procurement can deliver benefits to procuring firms, the Indigenous business sector and the community. Registrations close on 14 May or earlier if fully booked. https://ow.ly/5WiL50YS6IU

Dilin Duwa Director Dr Michelle Evans recently visited Aotearoa to conduct research fieldwork with Drs Matt Roskruge (Massey University) and Rochelle Côté (Memorial University) for their Social Mobility project. They were honoured to meet so many amazing individuals and community leaders including the Maori Women's Welfare League who made time to be interviewed for this transnational research project. #IndigenousResearch #IndigenousLeadership

We are coming to the Gold Coast! Join us at AIATSIS Sumnit 2026 where Dilin Duwa team members will be presenting papers on a wide range of topics including Education Pathways and our research projects Indigenous Economic Power Project and Frontier Violence. Looking forward to also hearing from other presenters including MURRA Alumni and Centre collaborators! https://ow.ly/IaXB50YKg8m #IndigenousResearch #IndigenousLeadership

We are delighted to welcome Dr Christian Eva to Dilin Duwa as Senior Lecturer. Christian’s research focuses on Indigenous employment and the Indigenous business sector, as well as policy research relating to housing, justice, remote education and procurement. Growing our team of researchers is critical to our work. Data drives policy which in turn has the potential to deliver lasting change for the community. We look forward to sharing with you Christian's work over the coming months. #IndigenousResearch #IndigenousLeadership #DilinDuwa

Last chance to apply for MURRA 2026! Applications close on 8 April for the award winning MURRA Indigenous Business Program. Join a growing network of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business owners and managers who are achieving impact for their communities through business. Over 12 days, MURRA will give you the knowledge in areas such as marketing, finance, talent management, negotiations, strategy and leadership. Designed by, for and with First Australians, the impact of MURRA is lifelong. https://ow.ly/tJ2Y50YC4Fw #IndigenousBusiness #IndigenousLeadership #DilinDuwa

"MURRA connected me to a network of amazing people. I was humbled to meet some very amazing business owners - people who are passionate about their businesses, how they're working in Community, and how they are contributing to the economic well-being of Indigenous families effectively. It helped me to understand more about the part we can all play." Leauarne Adams (Wulli Wulli), MURRA 2023. Since 2012, the MURRA Indigenous Business Program has helped Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business owners and managers to develop their skills to grow their businesses and lead their organisations for the benefit of the community. Find out more about this unique program - created by and for First Australian changemakers. https://lnkd.in/dpURg6cs Contact Program Manager Chris Riley (Noongar) for a yarn: chris.riley@unimelb.edu.au; 03 9349 8200. #DilinDuwa #IndigenousBusiness #MURRA

Excited at the launch of the International Journal of Indigenous Business (IJIB). The IJIB is an important moment for Indigenous scholarship, practice, and leadership in business. This journal has been established not simply to add to an existing body of literature, but to shift how business is understood, researched, taught, and practised when Indigenous peoples define the terms. Indigenous peoples have always engaged in sophisticated economic systems grounded in place, kinship, law, culture, and responsibility. This journal recognises Indigenous business as intellectually generative, theoretically rich, and already offering viable models for economic life in a time of global uncertainty. Congratulations to the Editorial team and all the contributors with a special shout out to Dilin Duwa Dialogues Theme Chairs Professor Ella Henry and Associate Professor Sharlene Leroy-Dyer who served as Editors-in-Chief, and Professor Jason Mika with whom Dilin Duwa Director Michelle Evans served on the editorial board. https://ow.ly/2Ujy50YxTAp #IndigenousResearch #IndigenousLeadership