From 17 November 2025, the revised Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) have reshaped how Australian Government entities approach procurement, particularly through panels like the Management Advisory Services (MAS) panel.

The changes place particular focus on engaging Australian-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs), giving them priority in lower-value work and embedding stronger ethical considerations into value-for-money assessments.

The past couple of weeks of grand finals has reminded us why Australians love sport. From the AFL to the NRLW and NRL, the games have been a celebration of competition at its very best, with the very best rising to the top. The Lions and Broncos delivered incredible performances that made Queensland proud and showed what happens when skill, preparation and competitive spirit come together.

With Brisbane confirmed as the host city for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Queensland Government and South-East Queensland Councils are at the forefront of delivering the infrastructure and community projects that will define the state for decades.

We are proud to share that Centium has been once again assessed as having a "Low" modern slavery risk rating by Local Government Procurement (LGP). This positive outcome demonstrates our proactive approach to identifying and mitigating modern slavery risks. We will continue to strengthen our efforts to ensure ethical and sustainable practices throughout our best practices.

The year 2024 saw two significant procurement scandals that exposed critical failures in probity and governance within Australian government agencies: Tourism Australia and the Australian Passport Office. Both incidents revealed troubling lapses in transparency, ethical conduct, and adherence to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs), raising serious concerns about how public funds are managed and the adequacy of current oversight frameworks.