Indigenous businesses are losing millions to fraudulent firms. We need stronger oversight
- Written by Gaala Watson, Lecturer, Indigenous Business Hub, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland
Over the next five years, the federal government plans to buy more from Indigenous businesses, while cracking down on a practice known as “Black cladding”. That’s when non-Indigenous businesses fraudulently exaggerate or falsify Indigenous people’s involvement in their firm to access opportunities meant for Aboriginal and...
