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Salesforce software costing the NDIS $2m-a-month

The cost of a Salesforce contract for the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s new customer relationship management system more than doubled to $76 million before being flagged for further investigation...

Systematic changes needed for Canberra’s procurement problems

17 April 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Former head of the Public Service Dr Ian Watt has called for systematic changes to the rules guiding $80 billion in annual Commonwealth procurements, warning little has improved in...

icare goes back to Capgemini despite procurement scandal

13 April 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

New South Wales state insurer icare has handed a $38.5 million contract to the same consulting firm it was found to have favoured in a 2015 procurement scandal involving...

Procurement inquiry to scrutinise lobby-linked tech contracts

31 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The suppliers and government agencies linked to an emerging lobbying scandal may be called before a parliamentary inquiry within weeks to explain the influence of a consulting firm linked...

Katy Gallagher’s procurement changes go under the microscope

30 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Finance minister Katy Gallagher has ordered an inquiry into the changes she made to the procurement rules guiding an $80 billion annual spend. The minister last year tweaked the...

Single supplier procurements the norm in lobby-linked tech contracts

28 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Government officials approached only one supplier in $472 million worth of technology procurements tainted by a developing lobbying scandal. Many of these were marked as “open tender” despite only...

‘Follow the money’: Lobby-linked contracts had real conflicts of interest

27 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

A fifth of the government procurements linked to an alleged lobbying scandal involving tech suppliers and former minister Stuart Robert had either conflicts of interest, poor value for money...

NSW Labor’s procurement reforms ‘cost neutral’

24 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Improving small business access to government tendering and significantly increasing the number of contracts going to the smaller suppliers would have a neutral impact on the state Budget, according...

‘Govt should lead by example’: NSW Labor promises procurement reform

9 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

A New South Wales Labor government would overhaul state procurement to give more consideration of the domestic supply chains and flow on benefits local suppliers create, while also introducing...

NSW govt extends $110m Salesforce deal

8 February 2023 | by Justin Hendry

The New South Wales government has prolonged the life of its cloud software deal with Salesforce ahead of the state election, providing agencies with access to the arrangement for...

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Salesforce software costing the NDIS $2m-a-month

Systematic changes needed for Canberra’s procurement problems

icare goes back to Capgemini despite procurement scandal

Procurement inquiry to scrutinise lobby-linked tech contracts

Katy Gallagher’s procurement changes go under the microscope

Single supplier procurements the norm in lobby-linked tech contracts

‘Follow the money’: Lobby-linked contracts had real conflicts of interest

NSW Labor’s procurement reforms ‘cost neutral’

‘Govt should lead by example’: NSW Labor promises procurement reform

NSW govt extends $110m Salesforce deal

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