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He set about making good on his vision through starting his own business called Ngalawa Nura (pronounced Na-La-Wa New-Ra), also known as NGNU (which means ‘sitting in the circle on country’ in Durug language). Having spent the past 18-plus years at Lendlease and Commonwealth Bank working mostly in retail and commercial property, and with a newly acquired set of business leadership skills thanks to the recent completion of an AGSM UNSW Business School MBAX (Technology) degree, Mr Thomas left the bank when he returned to Sydney. Photo: supplied Starting a socially conscious business
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Brendan Thomas went on a six-month road trip with his family around Australia to connect with Indigenous communities, which inspired him to establish his corporate property services business, Ngalawa Nura. During the road trip he discussed the plight facing Indigenous Australians with his wife, and how he could create pathways for Indigenous Australians into meaningful employment as a means to improving their lives and communities for generations to come. In June 2021, he went on a six-month road trip with his family around Australia where he connected with Indigenous communities, and was shocked at the consistently low employment and education levels. This stark difference – and the wide range of complex and systemic problems it presents to Indigenous Australians in rural areas – has been witnessed first-hand by Brendan Thomas, a commercial property executive and Boorooberongal man from the Durug tribe. In fact, the proportion of Indigenous Australians who were employed was relatively unchanged between 2008 (48 per cent) and 2018-2019 (49 per cent) according to the above report.įurthermore, the employment rate for Indigenous Australians of working age is only 35 per cent in very remote areas, compared to 59 per cent in major cities. While The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) committed to halving the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by 2018, this target was not met. Improving employment rates of Indigenous Australians remains an ongoing challenge.
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The unemployment rate for Indigenous Australians is almost four times higher than the rate for non-Indigenous Australians, according to the most recent Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework summary report. Intergenerational trauma affects Indigenous Australians in a number of profoundly significant ways, particularly when it comes to employment participation. Creating employment opportunities for Indigenous Australians is how Ngalawa Nura Founder and Director Brendan Thomas disrupts the cycle of multi-generational trauma