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

Last chance to have your say in the Hackett Group Key Issues Study

Last Chance

Get in quick and share your insights! The Hackett Group’s popular Procurement Agenda and Key Issues Study closes next Friday.

Back for 2026 with the goal of generating insights on procurement function priorities, plans and strategies for next year and beyond, the Key Issues Study is one of the few global studies that breaks down ANZ data in comparison – thanks in part to the participation of PASA’s community.

In return, PASA gets the ANZ data presented at The PASA Connect CPO Roundtable and the Australian CPO Exchange event each year.

Participate today and gain insights into:

  • Essential company-wide objectives, issues and risks for 2026
  • Key trends that will have a transformational impact on the procurement agenda over the next five years
  • 2026 key objectives and transformation plans for procurement teams
  • Projected changes in procurement workloads, staffing levels, operating budgets and technology spending
  • Technology deployment to enable procurement processes
  • The use of AI-enabled technology to empower procurement capabilities


Designed for procurement leaders who have visibility into strategic objectives for 2026, the survey is completely confidential and closes on 3 October.

Questions are divided into three sections (demographics, procurement-function-specific and enterprise-level) and should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

Participants will receive an anonymised research report with composite results and an exclusive invitation to a webcast that will delve into important findings from the research.

Take the survey now


For more information about the study, contact The Hackett Group’s Amy Hillcox at ahillcox@thehackettgroup.com.