US software giant Salesforce secured a major contract with Export Finance Australia within weeks of courting the investment agency’s officials with free invites to a VIP gathering.
A contract for Salesforce software at the agency was struck a fortnight after two invites to an ‘Executive Experience’ in Sydney were accepted in late 2023, following a similar pattern of the company extending hospitality to government officials ahead of tenders.
The gift was disclosed by the agency, but the contract remained hidden because its value just scraped under the public disclosure threshold.
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