Australia’s Green Party introduced a bill to Parliament Thursday designed to ban
Under the bill, any supplier who has engaged in unethical conduct would be barred from government work. A debarment framework would be set up and procurement officials would have to consider any unethical behavior when picking a supplier.
The Greens said in a statement Thursday that Australia doesn’t currently have the power to ban firms for unethical conduct, citing its decision to greenlight PwC for government work despite ongoing investigations into the firm’s recent tax ...