WA moves to unlock more govt work for SMEs


David Allen
Reporter

Western Australia’s government has launched a review of its procurement framework in a bid to cut red tape it says will hand more contracts to small businesses and better support its local manufacturing push.

The state’s Department of Treasury and Finance on Wednesday released a discussion paper recommending changes to government contract advertising rules and WA’s Procurement Act, which controls whole-of-government sourcing arrangements.

The paper warned the two policies had …

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