MAKING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES STRONG THOUGH SMALL BUSINESS

Making Families and Communities Strong Through Small Business Mara West, Honours Thesis, Murdoch University, 2007experience and knowledge.In 2008 I will have repaid my ATSIC loanand in 2010 it might be a good time tobuy some new machinery.I do take notice of the trend in bigcompanies.The absence of peersmeans there’s no-onewith whom to discussideas or problems.Family support isvaluable and important.Family business meansthat everyone benefits insome way.Family businesses haveto be careful to ensurethe social and businessCS 2The business is a family business thathas created employment for the family,provided status and signifiesachievement in the Aboriginalcommunity.Provides income for the familyExtended family has been involved in components areone way or another eg provided the separated. Thisopportunity for family members to gettheir truck driver’s licence which hasenabled them to find employment andsometimes means youcan’t employ all ‘yourmob’.sometimes has transported goods forthe family without having to paytransport costs.Recognising the boundaries betweenfamily members and family needs – homeand businessUnfortunately being a small businessmeans that there are no huge profitsconsequently some family membershave left and have taken the opportunityto work in the mining industry.Time involved in the business meansthere’s no time to do other things.There is a stigma in the community aboutnot employing your “own mob”9. Question: How has it affected employment/capacity building?CS 1 A/A Business empowersCS 2Provided the opportunity to have more Aboriginal people,Empowermentstatusand51