Audit criticises Murray-Darling water purchases made without open tender
by Anne Davies from Environment | The Guardian on (#55S8J)
Auditor general finds no framework to maximise value from buybacks, including from company founded by Angus Taylor
A highly critical audit of $190m spent by the federal government on water entitlements in 2017 without open tender has found that the department of agriculture did not develop a framework designed to maximise value for money.
The acting auditor general, Rona Mellor, found that the department only negotiated on price in one purchase and then made just one counter-offer.
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