Inside Australia’s changing procurement jobs market ● Powerhouse investigation puts cultural procurement powers under scrutiny ● One in three CPOs spend less than an hour a week on self-development ● More than a third pilot or use AI in procurement, but just two percent report full integration ● Supply chain disruption looms as Australian transport workers vote on action ● New Zealand procurement reforms show early implementation progress ● Australian parliamentary inquiry to examine essential supply chain resilience ● MP challenges Federal Government to turn Australian-made message into procurement mandate ● Victoria’s Big Build procurement practices set for royal commission scrutiny ● Forensic tomato testing raises supply chain traceability and forced labour concerns