Canberra ignores locals to build its $5bn Big Tech fast lane


When the Digital Transformation Agency commissioned a review of its procurement arrangements with some of the federal government’s largest vendors last year, local tech companies hoped for a fair hearing.

After repeatedly raising concerns with what they say has become a procurement “fast lane” for big tech firms selling into the public service, the review was to look at whether six whole-of-government deals with foreign tech companies had created any …

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