Indigenous procurement scheme axed amid alleged fraud

posted by Su-San Sit

14 August 2017

A Northern Territory Indigenous employment scheme has been suspended after it was discovered a number of businesses had allegedly defrauded the system.

The scheme, called the Indigenous Employment Provisional Sum (IEPS), was launched in October 2014 as part of Australia’s Indigenous Procurement Policy to incentivise companies to hire indigenous people in the Territory.

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