Publications
IBA produces a range of publications and resources, reports and evaluations to assist our clients, celebrate their successes, and inform the community about our programs and services.
Brochures – Read our brochures to find out more about IBA’s services, products and opportunities.
DVDs – IBA has a limited number of its DVDs available for presentation and promotional purposes.
Fact Sheets - Get key details about IBA’s programs and services.
FAQs - Get the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
Forms – Access our Expression of Interest Register form and our Aboriginality or Torres Strait Islander Descent form.
Good News Stories – Read real stories of individuals, families, friends and communities who, with IBA’s assistance, are building wealth and financial security through business, home ownership, and commercial investment partnerships.
Magazines – You can subscribe to receive IBA’s economic development magazine Inspire which showcases Indigenous Australians accomplishing great things for themselves and future generations at an individual, community and corporate level.
Plans - We articulate our intention to achieve our vision within our Corporate Plan and our commitment to reconciliaton within our Reconciliation Action Plan.
Reports - Access IBA’s annual reports and research findings it has commissioned, participated in or supported that relate to Indigenous economic development.
Brochures
Home Loans for Indigenous Australians brochure (PDF 2MB, new window) – provides information on IBA’s Home Ownership Program for eligible individuals and families.
Indigenous Business Assistance brochure (PDF 2.4MB, new window) - provides an overview of the type of business support IBA offers. Do you have a viable business idea?
Introduction to Home Ownership on Indigenous Land brochure (PDF 956KB, new window) provides general information for communities interested home ownership on community titled land.
Your IN to greater Opportunities brochure (PDF 325KB, new window) - provides a general introduction to IBA’s programs and services.
Our Customer Service Charter (PDF 718KB, new window) – states our commitment to providing our clients with the highest level of quality service, and details our process for receiving and handling feedback and complaints.
DVDs
Your IN to Greater Opportunities
Our 13 minute Corporate DVD ‘our IN to Greater Opportunities showcases the ways in which IBA is delivering positive outcomes for Indigenous Australians through its business, products and people.
Watch the Your IN to Greater Opportunities DVD, or read a transcript of this DVD as a PDF (125KB, new window) or in html format
An Introduction to Home Ownership on Indigenous Land
Our 7 minute DVD An Introduction to Home Ownership on Indigenous Land‘ is specific to Queensland audiences. Find out how to begin the process of obtaining a lease on community titled land and applying for a concessional home loan.
Watch the An Introduction to Home Ownership on Indigenous Land DVD, or read a transcript of this DVD as a PDF (81KB, new window) or in html format
An interview with IBA’s General Manager, Ron Morony
The 2 minute video below features IBA’s General Manager Ron Morony speaking about IBA’s role and vision in an interview recorded 24 April 2008.
Read a transcript of this video as a PDF (55KB, new window) or in html format
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Fact Sheets
Assets for Lease – Indigenous Economic Development Trust fact sheet (PDF 134KB, new window)
Construction Services fact sheet (PDF 197KB, new window)
Home Ownership on Indigenous Land (HOIL) Program fact sheet (PDF 124KB, new window)
IBA Scholarship Fund fact sheet (PDF 572KB, new window)
Home Ownership fact sheet (PDF 198KB, new window)
Indigenous Business Development and Assistance fact sheet (PDF 127KB, new window)
Indigenous Cadetship Opportunities fact sheet (PDF 110KB, new window)
Indigenous Graduate Opportunities fact sheet (PDF 250KB, new window)
Indigenous Traineeship Opportunities fact sheet (PDF 505KB, new window)
FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions
Split Loan for Eligible Customers FAQ sheet (PDF 518KB, new window) or read the html version
Split Loan for Lenders FAQ sheet (PDF 560KB, new window) or read the html version
Forms
Expression of Interest Register form (PDF 328KB, new window) – which asks for personal details regarding your income, employment and housing history.
Aboriginality or Torres Strait Islander Descent form (328KB, new window) – which asks you to provide evidence of your Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.
Good News Stories
Home ownership
Inaugural home loan delivers on social and economic outcomes (new window) – Niki Donnelly was inspired to own her own home following in the footsteps of her parents who received the first ALC home loan in 1975.
Naomi and John Bonson realise their dream (PDF 334KB, new window) – a young Darwin family were struggling to get a deposit together for a home, until IBA helped them bridge the gap.
The Bowman family achieves home ownership (PDF 615KB, new window) - after years of renting Jessica and Michael Bowman family have put down roots – and a veggie garden – in their own home in Wagga Wagga.
Lesley Alexandrou achieves home ownership (PDF 630KB, new window) - after raising four children on her own, Lesley’s daughter now wants to do the same.
Innovative Affordable Remote Housing (PDF 167MB) - the community of Nguiu on Bathhurst Island is the location for the pilot of IBA’s innovative and affordable housing designs which have been developed to suit the climate and conditions encountered in remote Indigenous communities.
Business ownership
Joyce and Russell Downes are proud owners of their own bakery (PDF 600KB, new window) - now a thriving Normanton business.
Slush Puppy: a Northern Territory business (PDF 500KB, new window) – the story of Rayleen Dhamarrandji’s dream to own the ice drink making machine from the moment she first laid eyes on it as a child on a visit to Darwin.
Peppers serve up the fish’n'chips (PDF 390KB, new window) - is fast gaining a reputation as being the best anywhere between Melbourne to Sydney.
Mucky Mutts Mobile Dog Wash (PDF 460KB, new window) - is a business owned by Rod Abbott, is keeping the dogs in Coffs Harbour clean and well-groomed.
Yorga Art (PDF 1MB, new window) - is where collectors and Indigenous art enthusiasts can support Heather and Ray Blacklock’s business and dream of making distinctive, signature Australian art.
Partnerships
Ngarda Civil & Mining (PDF 431 KB, new window) – is a highly successful joint venture between the Ngarda Ngarli Yarndu Foundation, IBA and Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd.
Multi-million upgrade approved for Mungo Lodge (PDF 545KB, new window) – acquired by IBA in 2003, this investment has provided work for local builders. A redevelopment was completed in 2008, with around 98 per cent of the capital injection into the lodge flowing on to local businesses.
Employment
Indigenous Graduate Program participant Malama Gray (PDF 539KB) - recommends IBA for developing and applying your professional knowledge and skills within a work environment.
Indigenous Cadetship Program particpant Kelvin Defranciscis (PDF 459KB) - recommends IBA to ‘any Indigenous university student interested in a flexible, focused and fun environment; one that prepares you for life after study’.
Indigenous Traineeship Program participant Douglas Pungana (PDF 502KB) - recommends IBA as a great stepping stone to finding a career after school.
Magazines
Inspire is motivating, stimulating, and contributes to the discussion about how economic independence can help Indigenous Australians achieve self-management and self-sufficiency.
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Issue Three – October 2009
Featuring: A profile on IBA’s new Chair, Dr Dawn Casey; The launch of the IBA Scholarship fund; An interview with IBA staff member Niki Donnelly, whose family were the recipients of the first home loan back in 1975; A profile on the Purarrka Indigenous Mining Academy which is creating training and employment opportunities for Indigenous Australians in Western Australia…and more.
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Issue Two – April 2009
Download the html edition or the PDF edition (1.2MB, new window) Issue One – September 2008Download the html edition or the PDF edition (1.3MB, new window) |
Plans
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Corporate Plan 2008-2013 (PDF 750KB, new window) - IBA’s five year plan developed by our Board of Directors to map our direction and articulate our vision, values and strategic pathways 2008-2013. |
Reconciliation Action Plan 2007-2009 (PDF 12KB, new window) – Where we set out our commitments and performance indicators for increasing Indigenous peoples’ access to finance and commercial opportunities, and the contribution we aim to make to the reconciliation process.
Reports
Annual Reports
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Read about the outcomes and achievements of our programs and services in 2008-2009, and join us in celebrating the many Indigenous Australians who, with IBA’s assistance, are achieveing great things at an individual, community and corporate level.
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Research Reports
Perceptions of Home Ownership among IBA Home Loan Clients report (PDF 854KB, new window)
by Anna Szava and Mark Moran for IBA and the Centre for Appropriate Technology
Highlights the key economic and social benefits of home ownership as perceived by a selection of IBA’s clients from Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Evaluation of Indigenous Business Australia report (external website, new window)
by the Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs)
The Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous programs) (OEA) is an independent unit in the Department of Finance and Regulation providing objective advice to the Australian Government about the management and performance of its programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. OEA makes recommendations about how Indigenous specific programs can be improved, and how the Australian Government can deliver better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
East Arnhem Land Business Development Approach: An interim review of IBA’s approach to developing small businesses in East Arnhem Land report (PDF1.6MB, new window)
SGS Economics and Planning report reviewing the Indigenous small business development model in Galiwin’ku, Northern Territory and determining the feasibility of implementing the model in other Indigenous communities. The review recommended that the five-step, grassroots Indigenous small business development model be extended to other Indigenous communities in rural and remote areas. The model will be extended to those areas in 2009–10.