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New inquiry on Australia Network debacle

The government's botched tender for the Australia Network contract is set to be examined by an Australian federal parliamentary committee.

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The government’s botched tender for the Australia Network contract is set to be examined by an Australian federal parliamentary committee.

The government awarded the $223m contract for the international TV service to the ABC following leaks and mismanagement by government departments. SKY News owners were eventually compensated up to $2m for the aborted tender process, after twice being recommended to win the right to manage the network.

A damning Auditor-General report in April found it had been bedevilled by ”uncertainty in relation to the decision-making process”.

The committee says it has chosen to examine the process because it did not represent best practice.

The hearing will be held later next month.

Source: smh.com.au, ABC

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  2. For anyone that’s seen it, the various Sky features that were promised and improved and re-improved, certaibly were startling. Mostly because it proved what a wasted opportunity ABC has been making all these years.

    Think of a multi-region CNN International style service, with the Aussie backdrop. Available around the globe on cable and satellite TV … amazing … and for the same price or less than the tax money is paying now.

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