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WiseTech awarded equipment contract to White’s lover

Max Mason, Nick McKenzie and Kate McClymont

Nov 22, 2024 – 5.00am

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A former lover of WiseTech founder Richard White was awarded a lucrative contract to provide the company with computer monitors and Apple TVs at a time when the pair were in a relationship.

The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age can reveal that the WiseTech board is investigating historical transactions between the company and the woman’s firm, including the 2015 purchase of 80 Samsung 40-inch 4K computer monitors for more than $100,000, and more than 36 Apple TV streaming boxes for about $3600.

Max Mason covers insolvency, courts, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason

Nick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has twice been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 16 Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs and criminal justice.

Kate McClymont is chief investigative reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.