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The great success story of Indigenous enterprise is missing

Indigenous businesses have proven robust and resilient against all the odds – that should be included in the Closing the Gap reports as well.

Michelle Evans and Cain Polidano

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Australian history has long cast a shadow over the contemporary financial realities experienced by our First Peoples.

Current Close the Gap economic indicators only focus on employment outcomes, showing a story of how far the Indigenous experience is from the financial reality of average Australians.

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Dr Michelle Evans is associate professor (Leadership) and director, Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership at the University of Melbourne.
Associate professor Cain Polidano is principal research fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

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