“Guided by the ancient flows of Country and the responsibility to our communities, the ‘dilin duwa’ of our ancestors, culture and entrepreneurial spirit collectively works towards an economically powerful Indigenous Australia”
— Dilin Duwa (Woi-Wurrung) - Everlasting Flow
Programs
If you are an Indigenous entrepreneur or professional and would like the tools to grow your business and develop economic opportunities for your community, this is the program for you.
MURRA Indigenous Business Masterclass
Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Business Leadership
An online program with a fully Indigenised curriculum, taught by internationally renowned First Nations academics. Students will work together to address the increasing challenges and opportunities in the Indigenous business sector with a key focus on the practice of Indigenous leadership.
Master in Indigenous Business Leadership
The Master is the first fully Indigenised postgraduate education program designed specifically for Indigenous entrepreneurs and leaders. This course builds on the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Business Leadership for those seeking to continue their education journey.
Research
Snapshot studies
The Indigenous Economic Power Project is a long-term commitment to build a national Indigenous business and economic dataset to produce longitudinal Indigenous business statistics to inform the sector and its stakeholders.
Snapshot study 4.0
Snapshot 4.0 is our latest report on the Indigenous Business and Corporations Ecosystem.
The study explores (1) employment figures in the Indigenous business ecosystem and (2) Indigenous procurement data which explores the impact of the Indigenous Procurement Policy.
Snapshot study 3.0
Snapshot 3.0 explores the impact of Indigenous businesses in the Australian economy, with 13,693 active and alive businesses and corporations in 2022. Indigenous businesses generate $16.1 billion in revenue, employ 116,795 people, and pay $4.2 billion in wages.
Snapshot studies 1.1 & 2.0
Explore the first two reports which laid the foundation for our future work.
Ochre Papers
The Ochre Papers: Indigenous Thought Leadership aims to platform First People’s thought leadership in business, economy, and policy to promote conversations and encourage collaboration between the Indigenous business sector, academics, and policymakers.
Cultural knowledge and cultural intelligence: fuelling Indigenous economic empowerment
“Through our culture, we have the power to reshape business practices for the betterment of society, challenging and disrupting the capitalist, neoliberal model that prioritises profit at all costs.”
Indigenous social mobility: empirical reality, growing phenomenon. What now?
“Indigenous identity and upward social mobility are placed in juxtaposition with each other, bringing us to the question – can Indigenous people ‘wealth’ out of Indigenous identity? Or more precisely does upward social mobility imply cultural assimilation?”
Relationality: First Peoples Enterprisers Competitive Advantage
“Relationality embraces a multiplicity of overlapping relationships with humans, the spiritual and natural worlds, including First Peoples interactions with societal structures today.”
Indigenous business research can strengthen Indigenous enterprises in every sector of the Australian economy to create an economically powerful Indigenous business sector
Engagement
MURRA Collective
The Collective has been central to Dilin Duwa’s journey. In 2019, MURRA Alumni gathered to express their desire for an Indigenous-led Centre that could carry out research and programs that met the needs of our sector.
Dilin Duwa Regional programs are localised and co-created program sessions that work with local interest and need, taking the Dilin Duwa Indigenous business education network to the regions.
Regional Series workshops
Indigenous Business Month
Showcasing the power of the Indigenous business sector, IBM is an annual celebration occurring in October each year.
Join the online community
Opportunities, online learning, resources and events.
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The Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership was established in 2021 and built on the foundation of the MURRA Indigenous Business Masterclass, the first executive level program designed for Indigenous business owners. MURRA has since graduated over 250 alumni, many of whom are now in senior roles across the country. Dilin Duwa was created in response to the desire of MURRA Alumni to have an Indigenous-led Centre that can deliver business education, research and on-Country initiatives for the benefit of the community. This is achieved through three streams of activity – Programs, Research and Engagement.