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Pressure on DTA, Industry to keep procurement promises

The Australian National Audit Office will review the procurement reforms put in place at the Digital Transformation Agency, the Industry department and Home Affairs in response to damning audit...

Public sector procurement reform to build local industry

30 November 2023 | by David Pocock

“I don’t want access to another grant; I want to be able to have the government as a customer.” That’s the answer I often get to the question of...

APS procurement ‘deficit’ prompts call for formal career track

9 August 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A government-led parliamentary committee has called for the Department of Finance to expedite the creation of a procurement profession within the Australian Public Service to address the “significant capability...

Small suppliers stuck outside Canberra’s ‘in-crowd’

3 August 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Small businesses feel excluded from Canberra’s “in-crowd” of suppliers and say competition mechanisms — including the Albanese government’s latest attempt — are being overlooked. A new paper reveals the...

Turnbull-era tech procurement reforms bearing fruit

30 June 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Procurement reforms that capped tech contracts at $100 million broke the stranglehold of big conglomerates and large multinationals in Canberra and opened the door to smaller Australian companies securing...

Katy Gallagher’s procurement changes go under the microscope

30 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Finance minister Katy Gallagher has ordered an inquiry into the changes she made to the procurement rules guiding an $80 billion annual spend. The minister last year tweaked the...

ANAO asks for procurement rules rethink after damning audits

28 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The federal watchdog has asked Parliament to consider if the rules at the heart of the government’s $80 billion procurement framework remain “fit for purpose” after its series of...

Labor doubles SME target share of $70b in govt contracts

1 July 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Commonwealth Procurement Rules have been changed to give small and medium sized businesses a bigger slice of the $70 billion the federal government spends annually on contracts and...

‘A whole new level of concern’ on myGov secrecy

29 March 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The public sector union has slammed government secrecy in relation to the redevelopment of the myGov platform, saying the public has the right to know who is completing this...

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Pressure on DTA, Industry to keep procurement promises

Public sector procurement reform to build local industry

APS procurement ‘deficit’ prompts call for formal career track

Small suppliers stuck outside Canberra’s ‘in-crowd’

Turnbull-era tech procurement reforms bearing fruit

Katy Gallagher’s procurement changes go under the microscope

ANAO asks for procurement rules rethink after damning audits

Labor doubles SME target share of $70b in govt contracts

‘A whole new level of concern’ on myGov secrecy

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