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Membership

Join the National Engine for
Resource Equity

AEMEE membership is entirely free—no fees, no portals, no commercial barriers. Join over 200 validated Indigenous enterprises, Traditional Owner groups, and industry specialists driving market share across Australia’s resources, energy, and critical minerals supply chains.
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What you get

Why join the AEMEE family

As an AEMEE member, your business becomes part of the national source of truth for Indigenous enterprise in resources. Here is what that means in practice.

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Conference Access & Awards Recognition

Access discounted AEMEE Conference registration and celebrate your achievements through the National AEMEE Awards, recognising excellence across Indigenous enterprise.

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National Visibility

Raise your profile through Australia's leading Indigenous business network in resources, connecting your business with industry, government and potential partners.

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Connections & Opportunities

Build relationships with Indigenous businesses, Traditional Owners, industry leaders and decision-makers from across the resources sector.

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Events, Exposure & Opportunity

Connect with industry leaders, showcase your business and access national and international opportunities through national and global conferences and events.

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Advocacy & Representation

Be part of a collective voice helping shape conversations around procurement, supply chains, critical minerals, mine closure and Indigenous economic development.

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Stronger Together

Join a national community of Indigenous businesses and Traditional Owner enterprises committed to growing Indigenous market share across Australia's resources sector.

Eligibility Guidelines

Who can join?

Membership is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses, Traditional Owner groups, corporate partners, and industry specialists operating across or supporting the resources, energy, and critical minerals supply chains. Following submission, your entry undergoes a rigorous verification sequence to validate genuine commercial capacity.

The Onboarding Process

Three simple steps

1

Complete the registration form

Complete our secure digital form with your primary corporate details, core industrial discipline classifications, and operational scale indicators. This takes approximately 10 minutes.

2

Independent Capacity Validation

Our data validation team evaluates your profile submission against strict network registry parameters to confirm independent supply chain capacity. This auditing process is completed within 7 business days.

3

Welcome to the family

Once verified, your enterprise profile is catalogued within our national data engine, granting your team immediate connection to procurement pipelines, event access, and advocacy frameworks.

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Membership registration

Register your business

Complete the corporate registry entry fields below to onboard your enterprise. Our validation team will review your capability profiles and update your network access parameters within 7 business days.