Crackdown on abuse of Indigenous procurement rules

The government is to crack down on businesses abusing the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) to win contracts.

Nigel Scullion, minister for Indigenous affairs, announced a package of changes aimed at making it harder for businesses to falsely exaggerate the level of Indigenous involvement in order to boost their chances of winning public sector contracts – a process that has come to be known as “blackcladding”.

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