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Indigenous in Business Award finalist Ben Schaber

12 April 2022
Jobs, Land and Economy
A middle aged man in orange and blue work wear sits in a large workshop. In the background is heavy machinery, a worker and fabricated metal in various shapes.

Ben Schaber from Aranda Country, is the owner of Specialised Welding and Engineering (SWEL) and a finalist in the 32nd Ethnic Business Awards Indigenous in Business category.

The 32nd Ethnic Business Awards (EBA) held in February includes the Indigenous in Business Award.

 

One of the finalists in this category was Ben Schaber, an Aranda man from Central Australia who owns Specialised Welding and Engineering (SWEL) in Alice Springs.

 

Watch him talk about his troubled upbringing, the time he decided to make a change and the successful business he has since built which is giving local unfortunate people like Ben used to be, an opportunity to have a go.

 

Find out more

The NIAA funded the Ethnic Business Awards to support the Indigenous in Business Award category. For more information, read Supporting Indigenous recognition at the 2022 Ethnic Business Awards and read Minister Wyatt’s speech at Remarks at the Ethnic Business Awards.