Media releases

Periodically, we release statements or articles to the media. Our past releases are listed below:

30 September 2024 – Supply Nation 15-Year Anniversary Report Released

30 August 2024 – Supplier Diversity Awards 2024 Winners Announced

16 August 2024 – Supply Nation Board appoints new Co-Chair

27 June 2024 – Supply Nation records 5,000 Indigenous businesses

21 May 2024 – Supply Nation’s Supplier Diversity Awards 2024 Finalists Announced

7 May 2024 – Supply Nation appoints new Board Co-Chair

22 January 2024 – Supply Nation and Commonwealth Bank launch a business banking package for Indigenous businesses

21 December 2023 – Proposed changes to Indigenous Procurement Policy welcomed

14 December 2023 – Brisbane to host Australia’s largest Indigenous business event in 2024

7 December 2023 – Record spend with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses

30 October 2023 – Boost to US-Australian Indigenous trade

15 October 2023 – Drive for justice and self-determination must continue despite referendum result

1 September 2023 – Supply Nation pledges support for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament

9 August 2023 – Supplier Diversity Awards 2023 winners announced

3 August 2023 – Supply Nation appoints three new Directors 

12 July 2023 – Finalists announced for Supply Nation’s Supplier Diversity Awards 2023

10 July 2023 – Supply Nation announces Kate Russell as incoming CEO

21 April 2023 – Supply Nation launches tickets for flagship event Connect 2023

6 March 2023 – Supply Nation’s flagship event for the Indigenous business sector returns to Gadigal Land in 2023

1 February 2023 – Resignation of Supply Nation’s CEO

27 October 2022 – Indigenous Business Month wraps up with First Nations Business Trade Fair in Canberra

17 October 2022 – New Co-Chair appointed to Supply Nation Board

12 July 2022 – Supply Nation announces new CEO

27 May 2022 – 2022 Supplier Diversity Award winners announced 

24 May 2022 – Connect 2022: Reconnecting the Indigenous business sector

24 May 2022 – New Co-Chair appointed to Supply Nation Board 

18 March 2022 – A message from Supply Nation’s CEO

8 March 2022 – Australia’s leading supplier diversity event Connect returns to the International Convention Centre in 2022

1 June 2021 – 2021 Supplier Diversity Award winners announced at Supply Nation’s flagship event 

21 May 2021 – Connect 2021: Flagship event to foster opportunities for the Indigenous business sector

30 March 2021 – Supply Nation secures Google.org philanthropic grant

4 February 2021 – Indigenous businesses receive boost from new agreement 

7 December 2020 – Academic knowledge hub – State of Indigenous Business series

16 March 2020 – An important message from our CEO about COVID19

5 February 2020 – Supply Nation, DPS and NIAA host Canberra’s biggest Trade Fair 

14 October 2019 – Supply Nation and NIAA host first Melbourne Trade Fair since 2015

5 October 2019 – Aboriginal Business Trade Fair to wrap up the 9th Aboriginal Economic Development Forum in Darwin

22 October 2019 – Indigenous Business Month wraps up with Perth Trade Fair

27 September 2019 – Indigenous Business Month kicks off Brisbane Trade Fair 

20 September 2019 – Supply Nation and NIAA partner to showcase Indigenous businesses in Dubbo

4 September 2019 – Supplier Diversity September 2019

2 September 2019 – Supply Nation and NIAA partner to showcase Indigenous businesses in Adelaide 

12 August 2019 – Raising the Bar launch – Business Council of Australia and Supply Nation

31 May 2019 – Supply Nation announces appointment of new Board Chair. 

10 May 2019 – Supply Nation’s Connect 2019 showcases the powerful ideas that drive supplier diversity in Australia.

15 April 2019 – Supply Nation’s Connect 2019 showcases the increasing maturity, growth and achievements of the Indigenous business sector. 

14 February 2019 – Supply Nation applauds new Indigenous Procurement Policy results.

5 October 2018 – Supply Nation welcomes new Indigenous Joint Venture guidelines.

24 May 2018 – Supply Nation announces the 2018 Supplier Diversity Awards at Connect 2018.

20 December 2017 – Supply Nation congratulates the Government of Western Australia’s Aboriginal Procurement Policy.

8 May 2017 – Connect 2017: Celebrating the growth of the Indigenous economic sector. 

5 May 2016 – Connect 2016: Most successful of record. 

18 September 2015 – Supply Nation launches the Social Return on Investment Report. View the report here.

1 July 2015 – Indigenous Business Direct is live. 

View Supply Nation’s previous annual and financial reports here.