Palawa Business Hub

I want to talk about the Palawa Business Hub and its showcase, because today at lunchtime, I had the opportunity to go over to PW1 and have a look at the showcase that the Palawa Business Hub has put on. Of course, Palawa businesses, Aboriginal businesses, exist across our community and they are really trailblazers in their community, in the space of food, in when it comes to art, when it comes to landscaping, music, communication, law. Everything, including a skip bin business. This is about Aboriginal people working together to promote their businesses, to learn from each other, to hold each other up and ensure that their businesses are successful going forward.

I want to give a shout-out to Leah Cameron (Brown), who spearheaded and initiated the Palawa Business Hub. She is a lawyer with Marrawah Law, and is a truly amazing Palawa woman here in this state. Sara Maynard, a dear friend and incredible campaigner and communicator and networker, has done a power of work over the last couple of years to really build up the Palawa Business Hub, to recruit Palawa businesses to sign up to it, and to organise events like the Palawa Business Hub showcase over at PW1.

It was a really great event. It was spectacularly laid out, there were heaps of people there and everyone was enjoying it immensely. I saw the Premier, the minister for Aboriginal Affairs there. Honourable Speaker, you were there yourself, the Leader of the Opposition, and my colleague Cecily Rosol from Bass was there already. So, I know we are well engaged with the Palawa Business Hub.

I want to give a shout-out to Kitana on Palawa Kipli, that’s Aboriginal food. While she does a range of catering opportunities and delivering catering across the community, she’s also created a nine-spice blend of spices that’s great for your summer barbie, your summer salad or anything else. So, kudos to the Palawa Business Hub, to Leah and Sara. It was a great event and all power to Palawa businesses. Nayri nina-tu.