Meedac

What Meedac does

MEEDAC (legal name: Midwest Employment and Economic Development Aboriginal Corporation) is a Western Australian Aboriginal Corporation incorporated on 26 May 1997, operating across the Midwest and Goldfields regions of Western Australia. The organisation delivers three integrated service lines: Community Services (Connectors bus patrol, NDIS support, Mullewa aged rental accommodation, OnTrack T120 youth intervention, and venue hire), Employment Services (the Australian Government Remote Australia Employment Service and a Workforce Solutions labour-hire business), and Social Enterprises (Inspirations Mullewa Motel, Archipelago Apartments Esperance, Boulder Automotive Mechanical, MEEDAC FRESH horticulture at the Geoff Wedlock Innovation Park, a tip shop and op shop).

MEEDAC's commercial technology backbone centres on the Geoff Wedlock Innovation Park, which includes a 10,000 square metre climate-controlled Cravo shade house with misting, fertigation, and PRIVA control/fertigation systems for precision horticulture. The MEEDAC FRESH brand produces tomatoes, capsicum, peppers, chillies, melons and seasonal vegetables under Freshcare Certification (gained January 2020), distributing to Karara Village mining camp, Perth Markets and local supermarkets. The organisation also operates WA's first Indigenous-owned seed farm for restoration seed through a Curtin University partnership.

MEEDAC generates revenue through a mix of Australian Government employment-services contracts (DEWR and NIAA funding for RAES/CDP), State Government community services contracts (Department of Communities WA, Department of Aboriginal Affairs), social enterprise operations (accommodation at $120-$220/night, automotive services, fresh produce, recycling retail), labour-hire transaction fees, and NDIS partnership arrangements. The organisation reinvests social enterprise profits into community programs. It is governed by a board led by Chairperson Jim Sandy with long-serving members, and is managed operationally by Mary Ripper as General Manager. The entity has no external parent company, no PE/VC backing, and no public listing.

Name

Meedac

Legal name

Midwest Employment and Economic Development Aboriginal Corporation

Website

https://meedac.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Short description

MEEDAC is a Western Australian Aboriginal Corporation delivering employment services (RAES, labour hire), community programs (NDIS, Connectors bus patrol, aged housing), and social enterprises (motel, apartments, automotive, horticulture) across the Midwest and Goldfields regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps (72131), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee & Migrant Integration Enterprises (Livelihoods, Services) (BPAGALAN)

Keywords

• Remote employment services
• Community development programs
• Indigenous workforce services
• Social enterprise operations
• Labour hire staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Geraldton

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices16 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Government Employment Services Contracts: MEEDAC receives government funding to deliver Remote Australia Employment Service (RAES), providing employment support, training, and community projects for job seekers in remote communities. Funding from Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, National Indigenous Australians Agency.
2. Social Enterprises: Operating commercial businesses including Inspirations Mullewa Motel (15-room motel with cafe), Archipelago Apartments Esperance (8 self-contained apartments), Boulder Automotive Mechanical, and MEEDAC FRESH produce operation. Revenue is reinvested into community programs.
3. Workforce Solutions / Labour Hire: Labour hire services providing temporary, part-time and full-time staff to businesses across various industries in the region.
4. Accommodation Services: Motel and apartment accommodation offered at competitive rates for workmen, corporates and travellers. Room rates from $120-$220 per night including continental breakfast.
5. NDIS Support Services: Partnership with NDIS providers to support clients with disabilities through care, supervision and home support services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Meedac is a Western Australian Aboriginal Corporation that delivers government-funded Remote Australia Employment Service (RAES) employment programs alongside community services (Connectors/Bus Patrol, NDIS Support, aged housing, youth programs) and operates social enterprises including a commercial horticultural operation (MEEDAC FRESH), a 15-room motel, 8 self-contained apartments, and an automotive workshop. Its revenue is generated from government employment-service contracts, labour-hire fees, accommodation and hospitality sales, automotive services, and fresh produce sales to mining camps and retailers, with surpluses reinvested into community programs.

Product overview

Meedac (Midwest Employment and Economic Development Aboriginal Corporation) operates as a multi-service organization delivering community services and employment programs across regional Western Australia. The organization functions as a single unified entity offering three interconnected service pillars: Community Services (including Connectors/Bus Patrol, NDIS Support, aged housing, and youth programs), Employment Services (including RAES and Workforce Solutions), and Social Enterprises (including MEEDAC FRESH horticultural operations, Archipelago Apartments, Boulder Automotive, and Inspirations Motel). The organization also coordinates MEEDAC Expos as community engagement events. MEEDAC reinvests social enterprise revenues into community programs to ensure long-term sustainability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MEEDAC FRESH: Commercial horticulture brand operating at Geoff Wedlock Innovation Park, producing fresh vegetables and produce sold to Karara Village, local businesses, mining camps and Perth Markets. Products include tomatoes, capsicum, sweet peppers, chillies, melons and seasonal vegetables. Freshcare certified.
• Connectors
• Geoff Wedlock Innovation Park
• Remote Australia Employment Service (RAES)
• Workforce Solutions
• RJED Helping Hands

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000 job seekers supported across 1,200 remote communities through RAES program
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• St JohnminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration to distribute handmade wheat packs to community members through Meals on Wheels delivery service in Kambalda East and West.
• Australian Electoral CommissionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership to increase awareness of voting and encourage electoral participation across regional communities. Joint colouring competition for young people.
• Foodbank WAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership to distribute essential items including linen packs and food supplies to vulnerable community members across Midwest and Goldfields regions. MEEDAC leveraged its regional network to reach those in need.
• Curtin University (Professor Kingsley Dixon)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership to establish WA's first Indigenous-owned and operated seed farm for restoration seed. MEEDAC became Partner Organisation with Curtin's Healing Country Initiative in 2021.
• Department of CommunitiescoreOthers · 1 January 2017Funding partner for Connectors (Bus Patrol) program - an initiative of the Department of Communities providing prevention and intervention services.
• Department of Aboriginal AffairscoreOthers · 1 January 2017Funding partner for MEEDAC Reach Out Program (Connectors) - initiative of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs.
• NACC (Northern Agricultural Catchments)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Community agreement with NACC and City of Geraldton to manage the Geraldton tip shop and enter recycling program.
• City of Greater GeraldtonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Community agreement to manage Maru recycling tip shop and recycle plastic rather than send to landfill.
• WA College of Agriculture MorawaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Student engagement program where MEEDAC participants are mentored by agricultural college students, supporting skills development.
• SodexominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Sodexo provided $100,000 financial injection into Innovation Park project in 2013 to support future development.
• Karara Mining LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Joint partnership to develop Innovation Park - a large-scale chicken farm, free-range egg and horticultural enterprise. Karara Mining provided land and $100,000 financial investment. MEEDAC operates the commercial horticulture operation. Partnership won inaugural Department of Mines & Petroleum Resources Sector Community Partnership Award in 2016.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mission Australia: Large national NGO that previously subcontracted RJCP delivery to MEEDAC and is itself a major RAES employment-services provider; a broader incumbent competing in the same federal employment-services market.
• Centacare: Catholic Community Services network delivering community services including NDIS, family and community support across regional Australia — directly comparable to MEEDAC's NDIS Support, Connectors and community-services pillars.
• APM Employment Services: One of Australia's largest employment-services providers, delivering DES, Workforce Australia and similar programs; represents the scale-driven competitive threat to MEEDAC if RAES regions are rebundled to larger national operators.
• Salvation Army Employment Plus: Major national employment-services provider delivering government-funded employment programs across Australia; competes for the same federal employment-services contracts that underpin MEEDAC's RAES revenue.

Direct peers

• MAX Solutions: Australian employment-services provider delivering Workforce Australia and similar programs; comparable GTM motion (labour-hire plus government employment-services contracts) to MEEDAC's Workforce Solutions and RAES combination.
• Marra Worra Worra Aboriginal Corporation: Fitzroy Crossing (WA) Aboriginal Corporation delivering CDEP/CDP successor services, social enterprises and community programs — directly comparable remit, governance and remote-community service model to MEEDAC.
• Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation: NT Aboriginal Corporation with CDEP heritage operating social enterprises (civils, construction, housing) and community programs — highly comparable structure to MEEDAC's Aboriginal-corporation governance and social-enterprise diversification.
• Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation: Alice Springs-based Aboriginal Corporation delivering a broad portfolio of community services, housing and social enterprises to remote town-camp residents; structurally and operationally comparable to MEEDAC's multi-service regional model.
• Wunan Foundation: East Kimberley-based Indigenous-led economic development and employment-services organisation running social enterprises and government-funded programs; the closest analogue to MEEDAC's integrated community/employment/social-enterprise model in WA.

Emerging players

• Ngarda Civil & Mining: Pilbara Indigenous-owned civil and mining services enterprise combining commercial contracting with Indigenous employment outcomes; comparable to MEEDAC's Workforce Solutions labour-hire model and mining-camp supply linkages.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/meedacinc
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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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