The AGLDP aims to increase economic participation of Aboriginal people and provide net economic benefits through increased employment, sustainability, and increased wealth.
The AGLDP comprises three streams:
Stream 1: Building Better Aboriginal Business (BBAB) – competitive Aboriginal business governance foundation grants to assist eligible Aboriginal businesses in regional and remote locations to grow and build better businesses and business opportunities.
Stream 2: Aboriginal Procurement Reform – delivered via an Aboriginal Procurement Advisory Service (APAS) to assist in increasing and maximising the participation of Aboriginal businesses to take on regional opportunities and to develop winning tenders.
Stream 3: Aboriginal Business Leaders Initiative – a regional program aimed at strengthening Aboriginal business participation through training, mentoring and coaching opportunities.
Building Better Aboriginal Business
The Goldfields round opened on 15 March 2022 and closed at 5pm on 28 April 2022. Successful applicants were announced on 9 August 2022.
Objective: Building Better Aboriginal Business (BBAB) aims to assist in building corporate governance and business management capacity within Aboriginal corporations in regional and remote locations in Western Australia to grow an opportunities pipeline aligned to regional business development opportunities.
Funding available: Funding will be delivered via a targeted competitive grants program to support improved business management capacity of company directors and provide business governance support to increase employment opportunity by growing the number and scale of businesses.
Successful BBAB grant applicants will receive corporate and business governance training up to a value of up to $20,000 (excluding GST) per applicant, unless otherwise approved.
Goldfields Building Better Aboriginal Business grant recipients:
Applicant | Location | Grant |
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Tarlka Matuwa Piarku Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC | Wiluna | $19,600 |
Goldfields Aboriginal Business Chamber Incorporated | Boulder | $13,411 |
Triodia Resources Pty Ltd | Piccadilly | $14,700 |
Judumul Aboriginal Corporation | Coolgardie | $20,000 |
Tucker Dust & Diesel | Boulder | $20,000 |
D-MAC Mining Pty Ltd | South Kalgoorlie | $20,000 |
Kutjarra Tjukurrpa Enterprise (KTE) | Leonora | $3,600 |
OldBoys Cultural Gold Prospecting Tours (OldBoys) | South Boulder | $1,896 |
Duha Cleaning Services Pty Ltd | Leonora/Laverton | $20,000 |
Melissa’s Cleaning Services | Coogardie | $14,510 |
Tjiwarl Contracting Services Pty Ltd (TCS) | Leinster/Wiluna | $18,000 |
Further information on applications can be obtained from the linked documents below.
Applicants must:
- be a solvent Aboriginal business or board
- have a valid Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN)
- be an entity that is undertaking a commercial or business activity
- have operating facilities located in regional or remote WA
- have operating facilities that will remain in regional or remote WA for next 12 months.
- have been operating for a minimum of 6 months.
BBAB Smarty Grants Application
Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)