Tag: Barbara Pocock

Mandarins to carry the can for contract blowouts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Senior public servants will be required to sign off on amendments that significantly change the value or scope of government contracts under new procurement rules set to arrive next...

‘Pathetic’ CSIRO inquiry ignores funding pleas

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Senate inquiry into CSIRO resourcing has been branded “pathetic” after it acknowledged structural funding issues and risks to sovereign capability from recent job cuts, but stopped short of...

Less than 3 per cent of RDTI claims checked

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Only a tiny fraction of the 14,000 claims for innovation tax incentives last year were fully audited, the Senate heard on Wednesday, amid concerns about rorting and “pathetic” penalties....

Australia’s Future Fund digs in on $100m Palantir stake

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s $335 billion sovereign wealth fund has no plan to divest its holdings in controversial US software company Palantir, despite growing criticism about its role in the Trump administration’s...

Govt lukewarm on consultancy clean up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has rejected dozens of bipartisan recommendations to clean up the consulting sector with structural change and more oversight, insisting its own reforms are doing the job....

Agency pushback on proposed bans for unethical contractors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Proposed legislation to ban unethical contractors from government procurement opportunities would introduce significant operational risks to technology delivery programs, the Digital Transformation Agency says. A private members bill put...

Senate to probe Greens’ dodgy contractor bill

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Greens bill to stop unethical contractors from winning government work will go under the microscope, keeping alive the prospect of national debarment scheme in a stronger response to...