Tag: Commonwealth Procurement Rules

Kim Carr presses the case on local procurement

Posted on   |  by Kim Carr
As a former minister for Innovation Industry Science and Research, as well as Higher Education, I welcome the Ambitious Australia (the strategic examination of R&D) final report’s proposition that...

Startups win from procurement rule shift, but barriers remain

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Startups and small businesses can better access Commonwealth contracts after last year’s procurement rules changes, a Canberra founder says, but dense tender infrastructure and duplicative processes are keeping many...

SMEs first in line for $2bn in govt tech, consulting contracts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Small and medium-sized businesses will gain priority access to select government technology and consulting contracts worth less than $125,000 under forthcoming changes to procurement rules. But the update will...

Just how sovereign does our tech sector need to be?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian policymakers face a very particular challenge in relation to the artificial intelligence and its contribution to productivity, according to Vault Cloud chief executive Rupert Taylor-Price. That is how...

Unions call for federal procurement boycott of Big Tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On a day when newly appointed Industry minister Tim Ayres said Australia’s trade unions needed a stronger voice in managing the impact of technology in the workplace, the union...

Govt closing in on crucial procurement updates

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government has landed on a definition of Australian business to reform a $75 billion procurement system that local suppliers warn is being gamed by foreign tech giants....

Procurement tweak sharpens local tech sector’s edge

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian government tech suppliers are celebrating the Albanese government’s procurement rule changes, which will see more consideration of a seller’s broader economic benefit like intellectual property transfer and taxes....