Kaiyu Superfoods, owned by Pete and Cate Cahill, is an NT-based native food manufacturer and retailer with a mission to get native foods into the daily diet habits of Australians. Pete and Cate come from diverse backgrounds, Pete is an Aircraft Engineer and Cate is a Teacher with a Master's in Counselling and a degree in Ecology and Conservation.
On the 27th October 2021, First Australians Capital hosted a panel discussion, moderated by FAC's Steve Stanton with guests Benson Saulo and Natalie Walker. The panel were given a simple task to provoke the audience with this question: What is required to advance Economic Justice for First Australians?
Navigating through systems can be a long journey but learning from the past is a way to unlock the future. First Australians Capital (FAC) Co-Chairperson and Managing Director, Leah Armstrong is a Torres Strait Islander woman with a passion to bring culture and capital together to stimulate economic growth in Indigenous businesses and communities creating greater opportunities for the next generations.
First Australians Capital (FAC) has seen a variety of wonderful thought-provoking leaders enter the Indigenous economy, and Gomeroi man Steve Stanton is another worth keeping an eye on. From a small-town boy who had never seen the Harbour Bridge to a Senior Executive with over 15 years of experience across a wide range of industries including health services, financial services, technology, agribusiness, social impact investment, housing, and
"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." Martin Luther King Jnr
Wirrinyah Pty Ltd is a local conservation, and land management service that focuses on working with local governments, businesses, and landholders to restore, conserve, and protect Indigenous cultural sites and Australia’s native flora and fauna. Managing Director of Wirrinyah, Yugara woman Lynda Maybanks aims to have Indigenous land management practices revived, acknowledged and respected throughout Australia. “I
Jocelyn King is Executive Director of Business Development and a proud Bundjalung woman. Here she shares her story of building First Australians C, and the work she's doing with Indigenous Businesses to support capacity building and moving capital to Country.
Focusing on capacity building, this three-year partnership will enable business development for the growing Indigenous economy.
Deadly Ed is an Indigenous Education provider offering a range of school-based, corporate, government and community organisations with the opportunity to enhance their cultural awareness, increase cultural visibility, and offer unique ways for their staff, educators and/or students to get hands on with Indigenous culture. Founders, Josh Brown (Worimi) and Kane Wright (Darug) say that it’s vitally important
