The Industry department has never checked the books of a supplier it awarded a $31 million commercialisation services contract to, despite an independent audit finding “bias” in the decision and the supplier’s subsequent conflicts of interest not being effectively managed.
The concerns came from a damning federal audit of delivery partners for the Entrepreneurs’ Programme, which in 2022 revealed i4 Connect was chosen over a higher scored and far cheaper …
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