'Embarrassing': government racks up $500k contractor bill in two months to build its new APS Academy

Sarah Basford Canales
Updated May 3 2021 - 6:05pm, first published 11:30am
Criticism has been levelled at a new public service academy after nearly $500,000 in contracts were issued to private companies to help the government build it. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Criticism has been levelled at a new public service academy after nearly $500,000 in contracts were issued to private companies to help the government build it. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Private contractors have received nearly half-a-million dollars for their work building the government's newly-announced APS Academy in a move the opposition is calling an "embarrassing" erosion of the public sector's capability.

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Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

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