Indigenous business must be 'backed' to Close the Gap

Indigenous businesses create more than $42 billion in social value each year, a report has found. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Despite "deficits" and "negativity" surrounding Closing the Gap narratives, Indigenous businesses are slowly becoming the engine driving social change because they are grounded in their own communities.

A landmark report from Supply Nation found Indigenous businesses create $42.6 billion of social value each year and allow First Nations people more freedom to live on their own terms.