At the Bittersweet Cafe in Kingston on September 18, 2020, two executives from Canberra construction firm Manteena sat down with two Education Directorate officials.
Manteena had been one of two companies shortlisted for a modernisation project at the ageing Campbell Primary School campus. An asbestos-riddled building had been demolished in 2018 and the school was sorely in need of a new permanent building.