First Nations-led

Change the systems that shape First Nations lives.

Buneen Group owns, governs and grows First Nations-led businesses, brings First Nations people in as owners, and invests in what comes next. The businesses deliver the work. The Group holds them together, with a seven-generation view and as much of the work as possible done in this generation.

Buneen means echidna in the Yugambeh language: resilient, grounded, protective. The echidna mark is shared across every entity.

Kinaway CertifiedSupply Nation Registered

Why the Group exists

The employment system still is not working for First Nations people.

Same country, same working age. The Group owns and grows the businesses built to change that system from the inside.

Non-Indigenous Australians aged 25 to 64 in work78%
First Nations people aged 25 to 64 in work56%

Source: ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, analysed by the AIHW (Indigenous Health and Welfare Performance Framework, measure 2.07), the age group used for Closing the Gap Target 8. Rounded to the nearest whole number. Census night fell during COVID-19 restrictions.

What we do

The businesses the Group holds together.

Each business does the work. The Group owns, governs and grows them, and points you to the right one.

Cultural facilitation

Buneen Consulting

Cultural facilitation for organisations, grounded in Be BRAVE Feel SAFE by Shawn Andrews. It builds cultural and psychological safety into how a workplace actually runs, not just what its policies say.

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Pathways built on culture

Buneen Employment

It connects First Nations people with employers, then stays with both sides so the job actually lasts. Workplaces get ready before anyone starts.

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Media

Not So BLAK and White

The Group's media business: radio and podcast that tell First Nations stories and change how Aboriginal people are seen.

More soon.

A partner for the next generation

Dreaming Futures

A registered charity and a partner of the Group, not owned by it. It builds identity and readiness in young people, walking alongside them as they grow up.

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Where we are heading

More First Nations owners. More change from the inside.

The Group does not deliver client work. It brings First Nations people in as owners, grows the businesses that change the systems shaping First Nations lives, and invests in what comes next. Seven generations of view, as much of the work as possible in this one.

It began with one person. Every person who joins is a milestone in that story.

Be BRAVE Feel SAFE is the methodology of Shawn Andrews, and sits behind the Group's facilitation work.

  • Own: First Nations-led businesses, held for the long term
  • Govern: clear direction and good governance across the businesses
  • Partner: bringing First Nations people in as owners
  • Invest and celebrate: funding what comes next, and marking every person who joins as a milestone

What we stand for

Values and principles the Group works under.

Six values guide the Group: economic strength, ownership, good governance, systems change and leadership, cultural authority and seven-generation thinking.

Six cultural principles sit underneath them. Culture is the foundation, not an addition. Cultural authority sits with Elders and community, and the Group works under it. Wealth built in community stays in community.

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