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Permissions capability platform tender gets an ANAO thumping

The Department of Home Affairs “departed” from its initial tender requirements in awarding Accenture the contract for the permission capability platform, according to an audit which calls into question...

Committee gets broader scope to probe lobby-linked tech contracts

12 May 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Parliament’s Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry into the alleged tech lobbying scandal embroiling Services Australia, the National Disability Insurance Agency and a consulting firm linked to former...

DFAT switches IT support services to Unisys

4 May 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has switched providers for its IT support service, moving from long-term supplier NEC and its lucrative $55 million contract to a new...

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...

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...

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...

Lobby-linked tech contracts probe could trigger procurement reforms

15 February 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The current review of government technology procurements linked to a lobbying scandal engulfing former Services minister Stuart Robert is being structured in a way that could trigger wider reforms....

Lobby-linked govt tech contracts probe widens

1 December 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Former minister Stuart Robert put “pressure” on public servants on Thursday morning over his involvement in an emerging lobbying scandal, Government Services minister Bill Shorten has alleged. The allegation,...

Shorten orders review of lobby-linked NDIS, Services Aus contracts

24 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Government Services minister Bill Shorten on Thursday warned of “corruption” when ordering a review of the government contracts linked to a lobbying and consulting firm that allegedly received secret...

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Permissions capability platform tender gets an ANAO thumping

Committee gets broader scope to probe lobby-linked tech contracts

DFAT switches IT support services to Unisys

Systematic changes needed for Canberra’s procurement problems

Procurement inquiry to scrutinise lobby-linked tech contracts

Single supplier procurements the norm in lobby-linked tech contracts

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

Lobby-linked tech contracts probe could trigger procurement reforms

Lobby-linked govt tech contracts probe widens

Shorten orders review of lobby-linked NDIS, Services Aus contracts

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