Buying AI: Vendors Changed the Game — Is Procurement Ready to Respond? - PASA

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 ● Procurement hiring reaches three-year high as contract demand surges ● Operation Kingfisher findings prompt calls for ACT procurement overhaul ● Australian Modern Slavery Act set for biggest overhaul since 2018 ● New Zealand finalises Singapore supply pact as Kiwi businesses face ongoing disruption