Ken Wyatt calls for the Indigenous Procurement Policy to be shut down if alleged “black clad” rorts continue, according to multiple reports. Wyatt argues that while the policy aims to direct government contracts to Indigenous businesses, the distribution of contracts has not matched where Indigenous Australians live. He says contracts have largely flowed to businesses based in major capital cities, even though most Indigenous people reside outside those capitals.
The reports present Wyatt’s position that the current approach is not delivering the intended geographic and community outcomes, and that ongoing concerns about misuse or rorting are undermining the policy’s integrity. Across the outlets, Wyatt is cited making conditional remarks: if rorting persists, the policy should be discontinued.
The articles focus on Wyatt’s critique of both the policy’s effectiveness and its susceptibility to alleged improper conduct, highlighting the mismatch between contract recipients’ locations and the broader Indigenous population distribution.
