Message Stick Communications Pty Ltd is Australia's first Aboriginal national telecommunications service provider.

The Message Stick business seeks no funding, donations, sponsorship or handouts of any type from private or Government sources. The business seeks only to be given the chance to demonstrate that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can manage commercial relationships and responsibilities as effectively as other Australians.

The company is majority owned and managed by Indigenous Australians. The CEO is Indigenous and at all times the majority of management and staff will be Indigenous Australians.

In the spirit of reconciliation the business had both Indigenous and non-Indigenous shareholders.

Message Stick has been established to provide the highest quality voice and data telephony and internet telecommunications services at competitive prices and service levels. Initially these services will be provided to large corporate and Government agencies - those organisations that have a desire to engage and support legitimate Indigenous business interests.

At the heart of this business model is the concept that Indigenous Australian's need to break away from the debilitating effects of the "social dependency cycle" that traps generation after generation. An effective way to do this is to gain economic independence by actively participating in our economy.

Message Stick aims to be one example of a business model that shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians can work together to produce meaningful and sustainable economic outcomes.

As an incorporated entity and Australian business registered with ASIC, message Stick will continually observe best practise corporate governance principles as they relate to an Australian company. Message Stick and ASX are currently discussing a "Corporate Governance Mentor" relationship.

As a Service Provider in the telecommunications sector, Message Stick observes obligations provided in the regulatory framework under the Telecommunications Act 1997, the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, the Trade Practices Act 1974 and the Australian Communications Authority.