WA aims to establish Australian-first debarment regime News The Western Australian government is seeking the power to debar dodgy suppliers as part of a broader plan to protect and improve public procurement. If
Promoted Complex and volatile environments demand manoeuvrability April 6, 2020 By Kiah Consulting There is the theoretical and the practical. Problems fall into three theoretical categories: the critical, the tame and the wicked. Critical problems are based around
Promoted $40 billion of Australia’s infrastructure spend could be at risk March 17, 2020 By Partners in Performance Australia plans to spend a record $120bn into infrastructure over the next decade(1). However, while this is a much-needed investment to help correct decades of
Labor questions $1.2b ‘blowout’ on consultancy contracts March 13, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Commonwealth spent almost $1.2 billion on contracts with eight major consulting firms in 2018-19, according to the national auditor-general. In his latest information report
Queensland government to ‘beef up compliance’ for its largest infrastructure project February 27, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News The Queensland government has sacked some of the board members overseeing its largest infrastructure project and has appointed a compliance unit in an attempt to
Minister’s ‘disappointment’ and conflicting comms reveals messy relationship with stakeholder February 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence The Defence Minister has hit back at comments made by the executive in charge of designing Australia’s future submarines as part of the largest Defence
Commonwealth digital procurement platform hits $1b milestone February 6, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Australian digital service providers have been encouraged to broadcast their expertise on the Commonwealth government’s digital procurement platform. New statistics show that more than $1
Want to be the DTA’s next chief strategy officer? February 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Careers The Digital Transformation Agency is on the hunt for a new chief strategy officer following the departure of Anthony Vlasic. This week Vlasic announced he
Promoted Disagreement, disarray and dismay – addressing the real project problems January 28, 2020 By Kiah Consulting Focusing on project schedules and cost blow outs, and disappointing delivery outcomes, is spending too much time on the symptom and not the cause. Better
Premium Case studies A tale of two procurement processes: how consultation can create happy stakeholders — and help you avoid breaking the law January 23, 2020 By David Donaldson Case studies Two recent train procurement processes demonstrate the importance of early consultation. Victoria ended up with happy stakeholders while Queensland is retrofitting vehicles after breaking its
PM&C should do more to raise awareness of Indigenous Procurement Policy, review finds December 10, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Federal government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy has been beneficial to the Indigenous business sector, but there is still work to be done to smooth out
Premium Expert briefings ‘Magic’ policy transformation happens at the intersection of traditional sectors and digitalisation, and is why on-the-ground procurement behaviours differ between Australia and the UK December 9, 2019 By Elizabeth Vega Economy & Industry Both the Australian and the UK governments have institutionalised limitations that mean policy and procurement simply do not join up, and there are currently no
APS leaders warned about conflicts of interest in procurement December 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Australian Public Service leaders have been formally reminded they are expected to fully comply with the rules around managing potential and actual conflicts of interest
Premium Case studies Case study: how not to hire a public service leader from the private sector (or: How a highly respected CEO of a venerable NGO learned about politics the hard way) December 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Health South Australia’s Labor opposition is keeping the pressure on SA Health chief executive Dr Chris McGowan, peppering the government with questions about his involvement in
