HAVAS Red and First Nations advocate Mundanara Bayles have launched HAVAS Blak, a new communications offering aimed at reshaping Australia’s Indigenous communications landscape through culturally grounded storytelling and strategic advisory services.HAVAS Blak will offer First Nations-led strategic communications and storytelling, alongside cultural capability training and consultancy services designed to help corporate, government and community leaders engage more effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses and communities.The initiative will also provide media training and leadership visibility programmes to strengthen First Nations voices, while developing initiatives focused on improving representation across business, policy and public discourse. In addition, HAVAS Blak will work closely with agencies across the HAVAS Village network to accelerate the growth of First Nations partnership offerings across the wider client ecosystem.Commenting on the launch, James Wright, Group CEO of HAVAS ANZ, Global CEO of HAVAS Red and Global Chair of the HAVAS PR Network, said: “HAVAS Blak is about action, not intention. The communications industry has a responsibility to help shape a more inclusive national narrative, and that starts by creating greater space for First Nations voices to lead.“Partnering with Mundanara ensures this is built on authenticity and focused on impact. Launching during National Reconciliation Week under the theme ‘All In’ is a clear reminder that meaningful progress requires collective and sustained accountability.”Mundanara Bayles, Founder of BlackCard and Co-Founder of HAVAS Blak, added: “This partnership is about shifting power, ensuring First Nations perspectives are embedded, respected and heard at the highest levels. HAVAS Blak creates a platform for culturally grounded storytelling that reflects truth, drives understanding and delivers real outcomes for our communities.“‘All In’ means walking together to reinforce Aboriginal self-determination through economic resilience, and that’s exactly what this partnership with HAVAS is designed to achieve.”