Multi-billion-dollar Indigenous business policy undermined by 'black cladding' | ABC NEWS

The federal government's Indigenous Procurement Policy was heralded as a game-changing economic development for First Nations people to get a leg up in starting a business.
But after 10 years, there is growing evidence only a fraction of that taxpayer money has actually reached First Nations people, with "black cladding" undermining the policy.
"Black cladding" is when a non-Indigenous business superficially appears to be Indigenous-controlled to access contracts and policies without entitlement.

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