Geoff Clark, once one of Australia's most senior Aboriginal leaders, is facing new charges of perjuring himself in the Federal Court, as he and his family prepare to fight more than 1000 fraud-related criminal allegations.

The seven new charges filed last week against the former chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, relate to the alleged mismanagement of $150,000 meant for Aboriginal communities in Victoria’s south-west.

Geoff Clark outside court with his sons Jeremy and Aaron earlier this year. Credit:The Standard

The new charges raise serious questions over the status of that money, along with $2 million in allegedly stolen funds at the centre of the police case, much of which lies untouched in a string of Aboriginal community accounts and assets still managed by members of the Clark family.

Mr Clark, 67, has vehemently denied any wrongdoing since the first charges were laid in late 2018, labelling the case a “witch hunt” for political purposes, and has vowed to vigorously defend the matter. The fresh offences mean he is now facing 550 charges.