Mundine Gallery

Executive Chairman at Nyungga Black Group Pty Ltd

Highly respected and influential businessman and political strategist stands advocate for empowering Australia’s First People to build a sustained economy and to create business opportunities. Warren Mundine has lived over half his life in regional Australia and is passionate about supporting local jobs and opportunities in Australia’s regions. Warren has spent most of his life dedicated to helping Australia’s most disadvantaged people achieve economic prosperity. He was raised to believe that no matter what obstacles are facing you, there is no limit to what you can achieve. Warren believes that small business is the backbone of Australia’s economy, especially in Australia’s regions and has successfully invested his own time and money in generating business opportunities for young Australians. Nyunggai Warren Mundine is a member of the Bundjalung, Gumbaynggirr and Yuin people of New South Wales.

Experience

Fuse Minerals Ltd - Chairman of the Board

Aura Energy Limited (ASX:AEE) (AIM:AURA) - Non-Executive Director

Nyungga Black Group Pty Ltd - Executive Chairman

Centre for Independent Studies - Director - The Indigenous Forum

Australian National Maritime Museum - Council Member

JobTrail - Chairman of The Board

Books

Nyunggai Warren Mundine - Speaking My Mind - Author

Speaking My Mind - Common Sense Answers for Australia (Wilkinson Publishing, 2020)About Speaking My Mind: Warren's book covers key issues affecting Indigenous Australians today and Indigenous issues that Australians should be aware of. It also includes articles about the continuing Australia Day debate, of which Warren is one of the most vocal Australians and whose opinion is highly sought after. After undergoing heart surgery in 2012 and facing his mortality, Warren Mundine didn’t feel he had time to pussyfoot around anymore. He realised heightened and got another chance to say what he thought. By that time in his life, he had already delivered dozens of speeches and written numerous newspaper articles, but he began to write and speak much more frequently and truly speak his mind. Speaking My Mind is a curated collection of Warren's speeches and articles, taking the best from over 200,000 words written and spoken by Warren since 2012. He covers topics including reconciliation, constitutional recognition and treaties, poverty, health, energy policy, education, closing the gap, welfare reform and getting people into work. He is not afraid to call out the lies and hypocrisy of activists as well as Australia's political classes.

Warren Mundine - In Black and White - Author

Best-selling political memoir – Warren Mundine in Black + White. Overcoming segregation, discrimination, personal hardship, and political betrayal… Nyunggai Warren Mundine tells it all in black and white. The highly anticipated and revealing memoir from one of Australia’s most significant Indigenous leaders. Warren’s raw, intimate success story shines a bright and inspiring light showing there is no limit to what you can achieve. His curriculum vitae runs into pages of honours, appointments, and awards. So, it’s extraordinary to consider that, as an Aboriginal boy in the 1950s, he was a second-class citizen, born into a world of segregation and discrimination that few Australians today are truly aware of. From the poverty of a family living in a tent beside a river, to the depths of depression and an attempted suicide, to the heights of political power as National President of the Australian Labor Party and advisor to five prime ministers, both Labor and Liberal, this is a stirring story of an Indigenous family woven into the very fabric of Australia and its politics. Arguably the most controversial and influential of all Aboriginal leaders, Warren challenges conventional wisdom. One of eleven children in a poor Catholic family, Warren has been on a remarkable journey, from his early life in country NSW, with only one pair of shoes and a single bed shared with three of his brothers, to today when he frequents the highest echelons of power and business. Once an outsider, now an insider, Warren is regarded by many as one of Australia’s national treasures. Warren is one of the most significant and engaging personalities in today’s political spectrum. He offers an insider’s perspective on behind-the-scenes betrayals during his time as an advisor to five prime ministers, with startling reveals, exclusive insights and a controversial 

Past and current experience 

The Australian Financial Review - Columnist

Daily Telegraph Bush Summit Rural Advisory Panel - Panel Member

Delaware North - Member of Advisory Board

Committee for Economic Development of Australia Governor since 2011

Litigation Lending Services Limited - Non-Executive Director. "Operating since 1999, Litigation Lending Services is an Australasian leader in the provision of disputes financing in the sectors of Human Rights and Environmental Matters, together with the provision of finance for insolvency, commercial and subrogation claims”.

Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) - Chairman of The Board

TrueGreen Mobility Group  - Non-Executive Director

Penthouse Australia - Columnist

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia - Audit & Risk Committee

Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia - Director Board of Directors

The Song Room – Ambassador - The Song Room is a national not-for-profit organisation that provides free, tailored, long-term music and arts-based programs for children in disadvantaged and high-need communities.

Australian Institute of Company Directors - Member NFP Chairs Forum

Yirrigan Pty Ltd - Chairman

Waanyi Downer Joint Venture Pty. Ltd. - Independent Chairman

NSW Government Social Impact Investment Expert Advisory Group - Member of The Board Of Advisors

Liberal Party of Australia - Liberal candidate for Gilmore 

The Daily Telegraph - Columnist

Multicom Resources - Director (Independent Non-Executive)

Waanyi Downer Joint Venture - Chairman (Independent Non-Executive)

Australian Indigenous Chamber of Commerce - Executive Chairman - The Australian Indigenous Chamber of Commerce has been established to bring about self-reliance and economic prosperity for Indigenous Australians and their communities through commercial activity.

Its founding principle is that commerce and private enterprise are essential to economic development and genuine self-sufficiency and that Indigenous communities will not move from poverty to prosperity unless the conditions necessary for private enterprise and commerce to thrive exist in those communities. The Indigenous Chamber recognises that a gap exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and that, increasingly, a gap is developing between remote and urban Indigenous communities. The Indigenous Chamber believes that these gaps can be closed without the need for indefinite handouts but through the normal progression to full commercial participation. The Indigenous Chamber also believes that unlocking Indigenous communities to real and sustainable development and bringing all Indigenous people into full participation in commerce will benefit the entire Australian economy. The Indigenous Chamber's agenda includes its Seven Point Reform Agenda launched in April 2013.www.indigenouschamber.org.au

Football Federation Australia - Indigenous Football Ambassador

Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) - Chairman / Non-Executive Director

The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) is a private sector-led, non-profit organisation focused on empowering Indigenous children in financial need to build a future through quality education and career pathways at Australia’s leading schools, universities and companies. We aim to provide scholarships to educate 2,000 Indigenous children at some of the leading schools and universities in the nation and equip them to pursue productive and fulfilling careers.www.aief.com.au

Indigenous Economic Advisory Council of the Australian Government

Prince’s Trust Australia - Trustee/Director

ANZLF Indigenous Business Sector Group - Co-Chair

Jobfind Centres Australia - Chairman

Mundine Means Business (Sky News Australia) - Television Host - 2017

Mundine Means Business - Co-Host & Executive Producer

Real Futures Pty Ltd - Chair & Part-Owner Director

Employment Services - RISE Ventures

Chairman (Independent Non-Executive) Advisory Board- 2019

Australia China Relations Institute, University of Technology, Sydney - Advisory Board Member

Nyungga Black Group Pty. Ltd. - Chairman & Managing Director

ARG (Aligned Resources Group) Pty. Ltd - Advisory Board Member

MAX Solutions - Chairman of Advisory Board

Chairman of the Advisory Board which provides advice on MAX Solutions strategy and programs in Australia and New Zealand 

NAISDA Foundation - Chairman / Non-Executive Director

South Australian Government's Strategic Policy Panel on Reducing Reoffending – Chairman. The Expert Panel is to inquire and make recommendations to the South Australian Government on reducing criminal reoffending by 10% by 2020.

Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council - Chairman

NAISDA Dance College - Chairman / Non-Executive Director - Central Coast. In 1976 a small group of students from both town and country began the first formal year-long Careers in Dance training course. The performance arm of this program became known as the Aboriginal/Islander Dance Theatre (AIDT) - a vibrant touring company employing students and graduates of the new Careers in Dance training program. The training side evolved into the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Association – now known as NAISDA Dance College.

Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club - Non-Executive Director. The Western Sydney Wanderers FC is a football club established to represent Western Sydney in the Hyundai A-League in season 2012/13. Its founding principles are "for the people of western Sydney, by the people of western Sydney”. Dubbed as “Australia’s newest, oldest club” in deference to the long history of football in the region, the Western Sydney Wanderers FC have, through their name, a linkage to the first ever game of football played in New South Wales on 14 August 1880 between the King’s School and the Wanderers in North Parramatta

Federal Minister for Indigenous Employment & Economic Development Business Policy Advisory Committee - Member

Indigenous Business Advisory Committee to the Federal Minister (Julie Collins)for Indigenous Employment & Economic Development

Generation One - Chief Executive Officer - Generation One has one goal, to bring all Australians together to end the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in one generation – our generation. This can be achieved through real opportunities in education, training, mentoring and employment we can achieve this goal. Education – that prepares for life Training – that is specific for a guaranteed job Mentoring – that gets results Employment – that lasts. Generation One encompasses the Australian Employment Covenant (AEC)and the P Plate schools program. The Australian Employment Covenant aimed to gain commitments of 50,000 jobs for Indigenous Australians and the P Plate schools program which links those AEC commitments with school students.

Australian Uranium Association - Non-Executive Director- Uranium Mining Implementation Committee - Committee Member - The Queensland Government announced it will recommence uranium mining in Queensland, governed by the world's best practices and strict environmental, safety and approval processes. On 30 October 2012 the Government established an independent Uranium Mining Implementation Committee(the UMIC) to examine and report on a best practice policy framework for the Queensland uranium mining and export industry. The Committee delivered its report including multiple recommendations on 18 March 2013 for consideration by Government. The report findings and recommendations cover a wide range of issues investigated by the Committee on the key elements of a best practice framework to be considered. The extensive UMIC report makes practical recommendations about important issues including environmental management and protection, safety, and health, economic and community development, the safe transportation of uranium, and community engagement.

NTSCORP Ltd - CEO & Company Secretary - NTSCORP is a Native Title Service Provider for NSW which assists Aboriginal communities in exercising their legal rights under the Native Title Act 1993(Cth). Its objective is to promote social justice, and economic, cultural and social independence for the traditional owners of the lands, seas and waters through native title and other related purposes.

Macquarie University - Member - University Council

Australian Employment Covenant - Advisory Board Member

Commonwealth Government of Australia - Member National Policy Commission on Indigenous Housing

Save the Children Australia - Non-Executive Board Member

June 2008 - November 2010 (2 years 6 months)

Australian Labor Party - Presidential Panel - National President (2006 & 2007) and National Vice President (2003 to 2005)of the Australian Labor Party. National Convenor of the ALP National Indigenous Labor Network Chair of the ALP (NSW) Indigenous People & Reconciliation Policy Committee.

Dubbo City Council - Deputy Mayor & Councillor

Deputy Mayor from 2002 to 2004

NSW Local Government Grants Commission - Commissioner

NSW Police Citizens Youth Clubs - Board of Directors Member

NSW Local Government Aboriginal Network - President

AGL Pipeline Construction - Land and Culture Manager - Key member of the management team for AGL Pipeline Construction building pipelines across Australia. Negotiation of easements with landholders including Indigenous Communities, Local Government, Mining Companies and Farmers. Management of licensing compliance. Cultural heritage.

Janggarra Dance Association - Founder & President

Public Service – Management - SNAP Officer, Support Network for Aboriginal Parents, Federal Department of Social Security Branch Manager, Homecare Service NSW

Allira Aboriginal Pre-school - Marketing Officer

Management Consulting - Lobbyist & Advisor

Tranby College - Manager of Business Development

Northern Tablelands Regional Aboriginal Land Council - Co-Ordinator

Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education, Sydney College of Advanced Education Macarthur Institute of Higher Education - Lecturer

NSW Aboriginal Land Council - Member Interim Council

Australian Taxation Office - Clerk

Baryulgil Square Co-operative Limited - Director

Trades

1973 - 1983 (10 years) - Primarily in labouring, welding, hospitality and other trades. Including at Sydney Water Board and Bankstown City Council.

Education

South Australian Institute of Technology

Community Development · (1982 - 1982)

Benedict College, Auburn, New South Wales

School Certificate · (1970 - 1973)

Benedict Junior College, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia

· (1968 - 1969)

St. John’s Catholic Primary School, Auburn, NSW, Australia

· (1963 - 1967)

St. Joseph Catholic Primary School, South Grafton

· (1961 - 1963)