Nationwide transport strike to begin on Thursday ● Former V/Line chief jailed over $330,000 in secret commissions ● 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

What’s top of mind for CFOs: 15 key learnings.

Finding and retaining procurement staff is one of the hardest challenges top Chief Purchasing Officers.