Commonwealth tech procurement rules must be re-written to match the rhetoric of the Future Made in Australia agenda, a Senate inquiry has found, after widespread warnings that too much of the Albanese government’s $15 billion annual ICT spend is heading off shore.
The inquiry heard the local sector’s development is suffering under a Canberra’s procurement system slanted toward tech giants and global consultancies that are exploiting vague definitions, their tax …
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