By Julian Bajkowski The Department of Finance has put some of the world’s biggest business software companies on notice that their lucrative contracts will soon be the subject to a…
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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…
Education Minister cuts Ultranet adrift
By Julian Bajkowski Victoria’s Education Minister, Martin Dixon, has moved swiftly to distance the Baillieu government from the Ultranet education software debacle after the state’s Auditor released a series of…
Vic Auditor fails Ultranet $180m e-learning disaster
By Julian Bajkowski A student management and learning system that was supposed to provide cutting edge capability to Victorian schools has been marked an unequivocal fail by the state’s Auditor…
BCA bureaucratic meddling claims slammed by Gray
Special Minister of State, Gary Gray, has vehemently rejected claims by the head the Business Council of Australia, Jennifer Westacott, that inexperienced and meddlesome ministerial staffers are eroding the quality…
NSW $12bil purchasing under microscope
By Julian Bajkowski New South Wales Commerce Minister, Greg Pearce has singled out the telecommunications and legal services sectors as ripe for sweeping procurement reforms as the O’Farrell government tries…
Councils still need to calculate impact of Carbon Tax
By Lilia Guan While Federal Government legislation doesn’t require local government to pay the Carbon Tax, councils will still need to calculate the amount of greenhouse emissions they generate…