Gary Adshead broke the news that a non-for-profit Aboriginal corporation, managed and promoted by critics of the McGowan Government's handling of Banksia detention centre, is facing a crippling debt of $500,000.

Ngalla Maya has received more than $6 million in tax payer funded grants for 'employment and training schemes.

However, after an examination by the Office of the Register of Indigenous Corporations, a number of irregularities were found, now Ngalla has until next month to provide an explanation.

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