By Paul Hemsley The New South Wales government has revealed plans to replace existing mercury vapour streetlights with light emitting diode (LED) technology across 41 council areas in Sydney, the…
Category: Procurement
Carr mandates All-Aussie vehicles for Fed fleet
By Julian Bajkowski State and local governments are again under direct fire from Canberra over the levels of tax and ratepayer support for the local automotive manufacturing industry from public…
Queensland reveals Aussie fleet at 25 per cent
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The Queensland state government has confirmed that just a quarter of the cars that it buys through its vehicle purchasing arm, QFleet, are Australian…
Mildura’s showcase solar plant fires up
By Paul Hemsley The Victorian Government has officially opened the Mildura solar power plant, which is expected to send electricity to 500 homes and with further investment from the state…
Holden’s subsidy demand spells more doubt for fleet buyers
By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Australian public sector fleet buyers are facing fresh uncertainty over the future of General Motors Holden’s domestic manufacturing operations Australia after the carmaker reportedly…
Telstra dials-up $32m Federal Gateway deal
By Staff Writers Telstra has been awarded a $32 million deal to roll out secure gateway internet services across 11 government agencies as Canberra seeks to further consolidate and modernise…
WA Education inks $15m ASG deal
By Paul Hemsley The Western Australian Department of Education has expanded the role of its IT services provider ASG Group (ASZ) beyond its regular duties of finance, human resources and…
Defence tenders for Green Fleet tow trucks
By Paul Hemsley The Joint Logistics Command branch of the Department of Defence will has said it will go to market for a contractor to remove military vehicles that break…
Key providers named in $1.3 billion plumbing overhaul for Sydney Water
By Julian Bajkowski State owned utility Sydney Water has named the first tranche of successful tenders in its $1.3 billion infrastructure overhaul slated to run from 2013 to 2018. The…
Silex funded for next stage of world’s largest solar plant
By Paul Hemsley Sun rays will fire-up 35,000 households around Mildura after the Victorian government’s approved a $10 million grant to Silex Systems to complete the world’s biggest solar plant….