Author: Joseph Brookes

Digital passenger card shelved after scathing reviews

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The Digital Passenger Declaration has been shelved, with new Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil acknowledging it “needs a lot more work” even after more than $60 million has been...

Defence, ServicesAus warned over contractor oversight issues

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Some of the Public Service’s biggest users of outside contractors are not ensuring the outsourced workers are properly qualified, inducted or discharged, the national audit office has found, putting...

Labor doubles SME target share of $70b in govt contracts

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The Commonwealth Procurement Rules have been changed to give small and medium sized businesses a bigger slice of the $70 billion the federal government spends annually on contracts and...

Thailand woos Aussie investors on its innovation potential

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Thai delegates have promised Australian investors a “totally different” Thailand within three years as the government looks to attract foreign capital to its reshaping economy, which is being built...

Tech and data part of Qld govt’s accountability problems

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Missing data sharing policies, a government digital strategy not publicly updated since 2017, and a damaging reliance on consultants have been highlighted in a damning review of accountability within...