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Indigenous in Business Award finalist James Curran

10 May 2022
Jobs, Land and Economy
A young adult man with dark hair and wearing a white shirt sits in a room with an ochre red design on a pale wall. To his left and behind him is a small table with a sculpture on it.

James Curran is part owner of Maintenance Operations Engineering Construction (MOEC) a pipeline construction business and is 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 James Cameron, a Mithica man from the channel country of western Queensland. 

He is part owner of Maintenance Operations Engineering Construction (MOEC), a pipeline construction company.

Watch how James, along with his business partner Ryan Maloney, began their business in 2016 and have since built it into a large company employing up to 16 people and doubling its revenue each year.

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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. Remarks at the Ethnic Business Awards.