After a three-day national economic roundtable hosted in Canberra, Treasurer Jim Chalmers spoke on a range of issues raised at the event, but made no mention of Indigenous people, business or jobs, land rights or Native Title reform.

Earlier this month, First Nations economic roundtables were held across the country with the ostensible aim of informing the Canberra roundtable.

However, on Thursday afternoon the Treasurer made no mention of Indigenous issues.

Kimberley businessman and Indigenous community figure Wayne Bergmann said the omission demonstrated that "it's not good enough to have these (earlier) roundtables".

"The meeting with the PM is where the real discussion happens," he said.

Mr Bergmann, co-owner and Executive Chair of the National Indigenous Times, said "having meetings and not having Indigenous representation from some of the key sectors which drive the economy is a failure".

"Blackfellas are at the forefront of all the major economic development in regional and remote Australia," he said.

"A large part of Australia's economic wealth is derived by industries operating on Indigenous land - land on which there is Native Title, land rights, an Aboriginal interest.

"You can't create productivity in some of the major growth sectors without the conversation about Indigenous interests."

Mr Bergmann said decision makers face a "mammoth challenge" to undo the damage done by centuries of exclusion.

"When you consider the economic impact on Indigenous people of being excluded from the economy for over 200 years, it is a mammoth challenge to bring in social programs to make up from being excluded for two centuries," he said.

"The Prime Minister's words at Garma were welcome, but in the next step the government has failed to engage Aboriginal people and businesses as part of the conversation about the economy; compounding the legacy of more than 200 years of exclusion."

More details to come.