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NSW launches in-house consultant service across government

The NSW government has launched an in-house Expert Advisory Network (EAN) aimed at reducing public sector reliance on outside consultants and making better use of existing expertise. Set up...

Suppliers hit with diversity rules to win govt’s tech work

27 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Government suppliers that fail to start closing their gender pay gaps face new barriers in winning federal contracts worth billions of dollars, after gender equality laws passed parliament on...

NDIA goes to ground on its ongoing Salesforce blowout

12 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Costs for Salesforce software and services at the National Disability Insurance Agency have reached $143 million and may rise again within weeks despite serious concerns about the management of...

Services Aus tightens procurement practices in wake of scandals

6 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

The equivalent of 754 Services Australia staff have completed procurement and contract management training in the wake of a scandal involving the agency that was referred to the corruption...

‘True blue’ tech suppliers to be recognised in procurement push

5 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

The federal government has for the first time defined an ‘Australian business’ for procurement purposes as part of a multi-year project to extract more benefits from its $80 billion...

Retained economic benefit and the rise of Australian tech

3 March 2025 | by James Riley

The idea that it could take more than two years to come up with a definition for what constitutes an Australian company would be considered laughable by right-minded Australians....

Accenture’s $7 billion diversity gamble

27 February 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

One of government’s biggest technology service sellers has ditched diversity policies in the shadow of the Trump administration, raising questions about how it can remain a responsible supplier. Accenture,...

Govt closing in on crucial procurement updates

26 February 2025 | 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....

Failings trigger call to break up govt’s tech work

18 February 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Large government technology projects should be broken up into smaller bundles of work and delivered in an agile way with sustainment and upgrade funding factored in from the start,...

Govt procurement gets electric bus maker moving

30 January 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Electric buses will be manufactured on the NSW South Coast at a new facility announced by Australian-owned bus maker Foton Mobility Distribution on Thursday. It follows a state government...

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NSW launches in-house consultant service across government

Suppliers hit with diversity rules to win govt’s tech work

NDIA goes to ground on its ongoing Salesforce blowout

Services Aus tightens procurement practices in wake of scandals

‘True blue’ tech suppliers to be recognised in procurement push

Retained economic benefit and the rise of Australian tech

Accenture’s $7 billion diversity gamble

Govt closing in on crucial procurement updates

Failings trigger call to break up govt’s tech work

Govt procurement gets electric bus maker moving

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