‘This is not a political problem’: watchdog wants fixes to decades-long issues in Indigenous procurement put on fast track
Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic told MPs on April 16 that revisiting the issue in the usual two-year timeline would make his office 'part of that failure' already plaguing the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business.
The federal government’s “cascading failures” in Indigenous procurement are “not political,” but are due to policy gaps and implementation, according to the procurement watchdog, telling MPs his expedited follow-up plan aims to avoid falling into the same trap.
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