Governments must achieve a balance in funding areas for Indigenous progress, with more weighting required in economic participation, according to public sector leaders at an Indigenous Business, Corporations and Entrepreneurship Conference 2011 at The University of Western Australia yesterday.

Indigenous educators have stressed the critical nature of investing in young people to enable them to take advantage of an abundant employment opportunities available in Western Australia.

The key to successful microfinance, or small commercial loans, is combining banking practices with social enterprise, an Indigenous business conference at The University of Western Australia heard today.

Balanced development that marries economic opportunities with the pursuit of cultural values is fundamental to the ability of Aboriginal people to carve out a place in modern society, according to leaders at an Indigenous business conference at The University of Western Australia today.