March 2019
PwC, Accenture groups submit visa processing bids, await political unbundling
Need proof dealmakers have not shut down ahead of the federal election in May and a very real chance of a change in government?
- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
October 2018
Deutsche Bank poacher Tim Longstaff turns government gamekeeper
The government has hired a new set of eyes to look at every Foreign Investment Review Board application - and they belong to someone who plenty of applicants are likely to recognise.
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- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
July 2018
Accenture, Australia Post lob no-frills bid for $1b visa contract
And then there were two.
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- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
April 2018
Colinton Capital navigates first deal, secures heavyweight backers
One of the country's newest private equity firms has teamed up with old world investors Myer Family Investments, MLC and Washington H Soul Pattinson to make its maiden acquisition.
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- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Joyce Moullakis
September 2017
Reliance Rail's $2b refinance hits another snag
Reliance Rail's pending refinancing has run into yet another roadblock, with two of its existing lenders taking further legal action against the company.
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- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Joyce Moullakis
February 2017
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- Enterprise IT
Turnbull's ex-tech guy Paul Shetler slams 'predictable' government IT disasters
The man recruited by Malcolm Turnbull to digitally transform government blames a public sector hostile to change for tech disasters.
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- Paul Wallbank
December 2016
ATO deploys Alex a talking 'Siri for tax' digital assistant you can talk to
The ATO has finalised trials of a virtual assistant called Alex, which it says will help taxpayers through human-like conversations.
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- Yolanda Redrup
NSW launches Endeavour Energy sale process
The NSW government has set January 16 as the date for expressions on interest for the third and final poles and wires asset to be sold, Endeavour Energy.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Sarah Thompson
November 2016
Startups ready to roll as Canberra coffers open up for tech innovation
Tech firms are formulating plans to cash in, after the government pledged to throw open its doors to the multitude of emerging industry players.
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- Paul Smith
Government tech changes to give startups a $560 million boost
The government will outline plans to shake up the way it delivers services, opening up its $5.6 billion ICT budget to startups and smaller tech firms.
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- Paul Smith
October 2016
Accenture grabs $20 million Australian Bureau of Statistics tech rebuild deal
Accenture will provide new data collection systems at the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as part of a $257m transformation program.
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- Paul Smith
August 2016
WA government department spawns international tech firm Advara
A Western Australian government department has spun off its own technology as an international business.
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- Claire Connelly
March 2016
IBM renews $484 million contract with the DHS
IBM has successfully renegotiated a $484 million five-year contract with the Department of Human Services to provide the technological support for major public services.
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- Yolanda Redrup
April 2015
Number cruncher Russell Wilkinwson helps GW dodge digital annihilation
This burly balding number cruncher will save big freight forwarder, Geodis Wilson, from internet annihilation.
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- Agnes King
July 2014
Crisis? What crisis, asks Edwards
The conventional wisdom that we face a crisis in funding the health and aged-care needs of an ageing population is open to question, according to Reserve Bank Board member and former adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating, John Edwards.
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- Seamus Jameson
Experts debate causes, extent of budget crisis
One of the hotly debated issues to come out of the recent Future of Government roundtable hosted by The Australian Financial Review is the extent of the current budget crisis.
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- Mark Eggleton
June 2014
Future of government roundtable looks at institutional role
Australia has arrived at a point in the nation’s history where we must really decide on the role of government.
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- Mark Eggleton
Bureaucracy ‘off the pace’ in digital world
When it comes to outsourcing government services, the consensus in the public and private sectors is it will continue to expand while teething problems remain.
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- Seamus Jameson
More diverse voices needed in dialogue
When Treasurer Joe Hockey talked of the age of entitlement being over, he was doing it mostly to prepare Australians for what would be a tough federal budget.
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- Mark Eggleton