Tag: Lack of Tranparency

$25bn in Coalition grants made through closed process with no competitors, report finds | Australia news | The Guardian

The University of Melbourne

If you add the $90 Bn that went to the US for subs which was certainly without a tender process the total is $150Bn

Almost half of $60.2bn in federal government grants awarded over the past four years did not go through a competitive open tender process, a new report on grant spending has found.

Source: $25bn in Coalition grants made through closed process with no competitors, report finds | Australia news | The Guardian

Send them to Taiwan: Turnbull government’s secret refugee deal revealed

The Turnbull government has signed a deal to send refugees on Nauru who need urgent medical care to Taiwan, in an undisclosed arrangement aimed at stopping them from applying to stay in Australia after being treated in local hospitals.Fairfax Media can reveal Australia signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan – which is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention – in September last year that has so far seen about five refugees flown 5500 kilometres to the capital Taipei for high-level care.

Source: Send them to Taiwan: Turnbull government’s secret refugee deal revealed