Aboriginal Investment Group in Darwin, Northern Territory | Non-governmental organisation (NGO)

Aboriginal Investment Group

Locality: Darwin, Northern Territory

Phone: +61 8 8922 2666

Address: 32 Dripstone Road 0810 Darwin, NT, Australia

Website: http://aiggroup.org.au/

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25.01.2022 In October 2018 the Barunga Store changed management to a traditional owned and operated model supported by AIG. These days the store committee plays an active role in setting store prices. As you would imagine with the change of management, prices went down heaps 51% to be exact. Many thought this would make the store less profitable, but interestingly the opposite has happened. Instead of losing hundreds of thousands each year as was the case under the previous managem...ent group, the store is making a profit! Cheaper prices have created more profit because more people are shopping in the store. We believe this is because they can now afford it. AIG is committed to working with store owners to set prices that are realistic for the customer, therefore contributing to food security.

23.01.2022 In the last 12 months we have doubled the sale of fruit and vegetables in the remote Indigenous stores we manage. A massive achievement!! Learn how https://www.aiggroup.org.au/fruit-and-vegetable-sales-doub/

22.01.2022 You know how we are always banging on about economic development at the community level? Well, Bush Medijina - Anindilyakwa Services Aboriginal Corporation - ASAC is an example of a community led small business kicking some serious goals. Using generations old bush recipes, Bush Medijina is an all women social enterprise from Groote Eylandt that creates skin care products. ... What an inspiring and amazing group of Indigenous women! #bush_medijina #indigenousdevelopment #aboriginalbusiness #northernterritory

21.01.2022 Our mobility project keeps on turning. Abel is in the Community Centre in Jabiru using one of the wheel chairs we donated in 2019.

21.01.2022 The CEO of Outback Stores, Mr Borg says you won’t find cheap frozen pizzas in any Outback Stores. He’s got that right. A McCains frozen pizza costs $10.20 in the Beswick Store and 25km down the road in a store that we manage, it costs $7. Ahh McCain, you’ve done it again.

21.01.2022 Welcome news for those in lockdown. Yet another demonstration of the strength and resilience of people who live remote in the NT.

20.01.2022 We had a soft launch of the new laundry in Katherine over the weekend. Heaps of interest about how Remote Laundries can be used in communities throughout the NT. Building Stronger Communities Helen Lee Selena Uibo: Member for Arnhem

20.01.2022 We are launching our latest laundry at the AIG building on Thursday November 12 @ 10am. If you're interested to learn how these cool boxes work, or how you can benefit from the service, come and join us! Read in more detail about the project and why we chose Casuarina for the site https://www.aiggroup.org.au/new-laundry-in-casuarina/

19.01.2022 Our CEO was asked to help outsource an key job in a community recently. Steve said no because AIG believes employing locals instead of outsourcing is important for economic development in Aboriginal communities. Read more about the story here https://www.aiggroup.org.au/economic-development-through-j/

18.01.2022 A shocking story AIG has fought hard to have told. Check out our blog to read the full article published in The Australian newspaper about deliberate wasting of food in remote communities to meet quotas. https://www.aiggroup.org.au/fighting-rotten-remote-store-m/

17.01.2022 Yarralin Community Store had it's first licensing check since AIG took over management and we got an excellent report card. Out of extensive checklist used by NIAA at all stores, Yarralin only presented 3 minor issues that needed to be fixed. To put that into perspective, the NIAA officers explained the best store they had seen prior to Yarralin had 21 issues that needed to be fixed. The officers struggled to find anything that needed fixing in the store and said it was extr...emely unusual to have so few issues to be addressed their report. Read the full story here https://www.aiggroup.org.au/yarralin-community-store-in-go/

17.01.2022 Our business support services client Wirib Store and Tourism Park has just secured a donation of paint from Givit and Taubmans. As part of the Taubman’s In it Together campaign, Wirib will receive 100s of litres of paint to repaint all the rooms and the communal bathroom. We are so happy for Wirib and thankful for the generosity in this tricky time. ... Check the details of the donation on our webpage https://www.aiggroup.org.au/donation-from-taubmans-and-giv/

15.01.2022 We got this inquiry into FOOD PRICING IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. Get out your phone and take a picture of the prices that you pay in your remote store, and send it to [email protected] The more photos they get, the more the government will understand what the store pricing is like in communities. ... You only have until JUNE 30. Do it today! If you’re interested in lodging a submission follow this link for instructions how https://aiggroup.org.au/join-inquiry-community-food-pricing

13.01.2022 Tomorrow is the last day to send your photos for the inquiry into FOOD PRICING IN REMOTE INDIGENOUS STORES. If you live remote and prices are crazy high in your store, take a photo TODAY and send it in.

13.01.2022 In the last 12 months AIG has doubled the sale of fruit and vegetables in two of the community stores we manage, and we believe this is primarily because of how we price in stores. Contrary to popular belief that fruit and vegetables don’t sell in community stores, AIG is proud of increasing sales of fruit and vegetables in all of the stores we manage in the last 12 months. Read full story here https://www.aiggroup.org.au/fruit-and-vegetable-sales-doub/ ... #indigenousbusiness #Aboriginalhealth #aboriginalinvestmentgrou

13.01.2022 We are hiring. 2 amazing opportunities to join our Remote Laundries Project. Remote Laundries General Manager - close 28 August or as soon as practicable. Remote Laundries Project Officer - immediate start ... Check out our careers page on the website for more details. https://www.aiggroup.org.au/careers/ #remotelaundries #northernterritory

12.01.2022 There are 100 remote community stores in the NT with over 50% of them managed by independent operators. We are calling a meeting to bring together all remote independent store operators and begin the conversation about what we need, and what the government can do to help us serve the people who shop from the stores we manage. Click to the link to learn how you can be involved https://www.aiggroup.org.au/meeting-for-remote-independent/

10.01.2022 Our Remote Laundries Project builds laundries in community and employs local staff to manage them. Its a valuable service that provides jobs and supports healthy living. Its great news that three new laundries are being built on Groote Eylandt through the Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Trust. Check out the progress on the Remote Laundries website stories page and learn why the Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Trust wanted to try our approach to getting clothes washed.... https://www.remotelaundries.org.au/new-laundries-on-groote/ See more

10.01.2022 We can't move forward until we challenge economic disadvantage. This is what we are doing about it: - Employment through our Remote Laundries project - Creating alternative supply chains for community stores ... - Revised pricing in community stores. - Using our business support services to facilitate project ideas - Creating new partnerships Check out our strategic direction chapter in the 18/19 Annual Report to learn more https://bit.ly/2Xusk1lhttps2019annualreport

10.01.2022 Through the Aboriginal Benefit Account grant funding we are putting solar panels on the Barunga Store roof. This project is kicking goals all over the place: Solar will reduce the operational costs of the store which will help keep prices low. Working with Katherine Solar to employ 3 Barunga locals to do the installation. The system has a battery which will be far more effective at reducing real costs (24 hours a day). ... AIG is building stronger communities.

09.01.2022 Prices in community stores are high so the shoppers are losing. The stores are running at a loss so there are no profits for store owners. Outback Stores is the only group with money in their pocket. Does anyone else see an issue with this because I most certainly do says our CEO Steve Smith. Check out our full article which will bring you up to speed with the federal inquiry into food security and food prices in remote Indigenous communities. https://aiggroup.org.au/scrutiny-community-store-pricing-co

09.01.2022 Have you seen these water bottles in the shops? Support our Remote Laundries project by buying our water bottles next time you’re thirsty. Click our blog story to find out where the bottles are sold in the NT https://www.aiggroup.org.au/purchase-with-purpose/ Thanks

06.01.2022 We believe community stores can create profits and be a valuable place of employment for locals. We aim to disrupt the way stores are managed in the NT by reducing prices and increasing competition amongst groups that manage stores. Find out more on our website https://www.aiggroup.org.au/community-store-management/

04.01.2022 This is Oscar. He's a high school student in Barunga and works with Remote Laundries on Saturday. Welcome aboard Oscar! Our youth employment commitment fits nicely with our Remote Laundries objectives of creating jobs and improving health. Remote Laundries is a project of AIG that was started in Barunga in 2018. Looking forward we want to create public laundries throughout the Top End.