The Industry department has reopened its investigation of a procurement scandal involving its defunct $484 million innovation program after the matter was passed back to it by federal police...
The now-defunct federal Entrepreneurs Programme run by the Industry department allowed its own contractors to assist tenderers bidding for $30 million plus delivery jobs in exchange for fees, giving...
The company paid $31 million by the Industry department to help startups on behalf of the government is attempting to de-register itself, potentially removing its liability as compensation claims...
The Industry department has never checked the books of a supplier it awarded a $31 million commercialisation services contract to, despite an independent audit finding “bias” in the decision...
A company being paid $31 million to deliver commercialisation advice on behalf of the government used inside advice to land the job and then helped a family member’s company...
At least 16 organisations are seeking compensation from the Commonwealth because of a heavily flawed and unfair tender process for the former government’s flagship industry innovation program. The claims...
A newly-formed Victorian company was awarded a $30 million contract to provide commercialisation services to the federal government despite its bid being $13 million more expensive than the other...
The national audit office will probe the federal government’s flagship industry program, with an inquiry launched into the $140 million in contracts dished out to the delivery partners of...
The federal government flagship Entrepreneurs Programme national delivery partners have kicked off a hiring spree, seeking to fill 37 different commercialisation and ‘innovation connection’ positions across all states and...
Of the seven delivery provider contracts worth $140 million awarded by the Department of Industry for its Entrepreneurs Programme, five contracts – worth about $109 million – were with...