Canberra unveils new playbook for technology mega-deals


Canberra is tightening its grip on billions of dollars’ worth of tech spending, unveiling a set of principles that will be used to assess its whole-of-government mega-deals with the likes of Microsoft and AWS.

The principles, set to apply to future deals, will introduce new economic benefit measures and potentially leave incumbents with less room to negotiate, after a review uncovered inconsistencies in so-called single-seller arrangements.

Under the changes, deals …

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