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Bid-rigging is rife in Australian construction, but the process itself is partly to blame

  • Written by Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide
Bid-rigging is rife in Australian construction, but the process itself is partly to blameShutterstock

Earlier this year the Federal Court found ARM Architecture and its then managing director Tony Allen were guilty of attempting to rig bids for a tender relating to a $250 million building project at Charles Darwin University.

The Court ordered ARM Architecture to pay a penalty of $900,000 and Mr Allen to pay $75,000.

In a public statement...

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