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Why the government won’t ban PwC from federal work

Embattled global consulting firm PwC won’t be banned outright from federal work by the Albanese government, which insists the scandal is not a procurement issue and its response is...

Buy Australia Plan: Gallagher wants $3 return per dollar

3 May 2023 | by Brandon How

Finance minister Katy Gallagher wants to see a $3 return to the economy on each dollar spent by the federal government as part of its sovereign procurement plan. Ms...

Salesforce software costing the NDIS $2m-a-month

27 April 2023 | by Justin Hendry

The cost of a Salesforce contract for the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s new customer relationship management system more than doubled to $76 million before being flagged for further investigation...

Systematic changes needed for Canberra’s procurement problems

17 April 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Former head of the Public Service Dr Ian Watt has called for systematic changes to the rules guiding $80 billion in annual Commonwealth procurements, warning little has improved in...

icare goes back to Capgemini despite procurement scandal

13 April 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

New South Wales state insurer icare has handed a $38.5 million contract to the same consulting firm it was found to have favoured in a 2015 procurement scandal involving...

Procurement inquiry to scrutinise lobby-linked tech contracts

31 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The suppliers and government agencies linked to an emerging lobbying scandal may be called before a parliamentary inquiry within weeks to explain the influence of a consulting firm linked...

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...

Single supplier procurements the norm in lobby-linked tech contracts

28 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Government officials approached only one supplier in $472 million worth of technology procurements tainted by a developing lobbying scandal. Many of these were marked as “open tender” despite only...

‘Follow the money’: Lobby-linked contracts had real conflicts of interest

27 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

A fifth of the government procurements linked to an alleged lobbying scandal involving tech suppliers and former minister Stuart Robert had either conflicts of interest, poor value for money...

NSW Labor’s procurement reforms ‘cost neutral’

24 March 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Improving small business access to government tendering and significantly increasing the number of contracts going to the smaller suppliers would have a neutral impact on the state Budget, according...

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Why the government won’t ban PwC from federal work

Buy Australia Plan: Gallagher wants $3 return per dollar

Salesforce software costing the NDIS $2m-a-month

Systematic changes needed for Canberra’s procurement problems

icare goes back to Capgemini despite procurement scandal

Procurement inquiry to scrutinise lobby-linked tech contracts

Katy Gallagher’s procurement changes go under the microscope

Single supplier procurements the norm in lobby-linked tech contracts

‘Follow the money’: Lobby-linked contracts had real conflicts of interest

NSW Labor’s procurement reforms ‘cost neutral’

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