NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says concerning new reports of former cabinet minister Stuart Robert's alleged interference to help negotiate a multimillion-dollar Centrelink contract will be investigated 'thoroughly', as Mr Robert denies any misconduct.
abc.net.au/news/claims-stuart-robert-met-synergy-360-over-contract/101719936Allegations that former cabinet minister Stuart Robert intervened to help friends negotiate a lucrative Centrelink contract will be "thoroughly" investigated, NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says.
The files detail how Synergy360 consultant and Mr Robert's close friend David Milo allegedly provided repeated access to Mr Robert for one of the company's clients, Infosys, which Mr Robert announced in 2019 had won a multimillion-dollar open tender to deliver welfare calculation technology to Centrelink.
"The departmental procurement referred to in the [Nine newspapers] article commenced 10 months before Mr Robert became minister and the company had been identified as the preferred supplier by the department before the minister met with them.Speaking to ABC Radio this morning, Mr Shorten said he had ordered a renewed investigation into whether there was any intervention by Mr Robert.
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