Health ministry defends autumn booster procurement before committee
Officials tell the health committee the $310m vaccine contract followed “every rule in the book” after auditors query a compressed tender window.
Legal challenge to Coastal Shield procurement rules dismissed
The High Court rejects a contractors’ association claim that fast-track tendering for early works breached competition law.
Research funding bill promises $1.2bn for university laboratories
A decade-long capital programme would rebuild ageing science estates — and, ministers hope, keep the next Vantor at home.