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Rob Chewying, principal of Chewyings Lawn and Horticulture, has proudly announced a new web site @ http://chewyings.com.au He thanked the Castan family and Clearlight Digital for supporting ChewYings with the construction of this site, as well as BAMA ISX for providing a platform for potential partners for Chewyings, "thinking outside the square" methodology'. He invites ISX browsers to also take a look and pass comment in the enquiries section of the new website.
New Website
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| ISX Spotlights and Features |
Goolarri Media Enterprises hard at work with Cathy Freeman
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The Indigenous Stock Exchange or ISX was formed to support the development of Australian Indigenous businesses and social ventures - micro, small, medium sized and large. One day, if it is deemed necessary or appropriate, some of these businesses will float on the Australian Stock Exchange. However the ISX itself does not issue stocks, bonds or shares; its main function is to link Indigenous business ideas and people with those who have the capital and expertise to support enterprise development. Indigenous business aspirants list their ideas, projects and contact details on the online trading floor of this website.
Organisationally the ISX has two parts:(BAMA ISX) is a proprietary limited company wholly owned by the Broome Aboriginal Media Association (BAMA) a DGR and ITEC accredited non-profit organization. BAMA ISX is run by an independent board which includes BAMA representatives Kevin Fong and Stephen "Bamba" Albert. BAMA ISX contributes to BAMA's foundation purpose of supporting Indigenous commercial and social business development in Western Australia. BAMA ISX works in close association with BAMA's operational arm Goolarri Media Enterprises which is a 100% owned holding company of Broome Aboriginal Media Association.
The second part of the ISX is the national website and development activities that are run by a dedicated group of volunteers primarily in the Eastern States. The goal of the national ISX is to provide a national showcase of Indigenous businesses and to create a network of ISX entities across Australia that will support and develop Indigenous businesses in their own region. BAMA-ISX is one model, but every region will have their own identity and ways of doing things. ISX community trading floors are the first step in creating a local ISX. Over time we hope that the ISX will function as a national Indigenous network of business communities that will support each other and operate internationally. In this way the benefits and potential profitability of the ISX will transfer to all Australian Aboriginal nations.
Patrick Dodson speaks about the ISX:
"I want to commend the ISX to Indigenous communities and corporate Australia." Click to hear and see Patrick Dodson on video webcast
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