CIT given deadline to justify $4.99m contract The ACT's opposition has heaped renewed pressure on the government over the contracts. The Canberra Times · Jun 13, 2022
CIT 'had no relationship' with 'complexity thinker' before first contract Patrick Hollingworth has also attended six CIT board meetings between 2019 and 2022. The Canberra Times · Jun 10, 2022
What did the CIT (and the taxpayers) get for $8.5 million? The skills of action man Patrick Hollingworth. The Canberra Times · Jun 10, 2022
'What's actually the aim of it?': CIT's $8.5m contracts draw more criticism The purpose of the contract is obscure, an expert has said. The Canberra Times · Jun 8, 2022
CIT attempts to explain $4.99m contract even the minister doesn't understand CEO of the Canberra Institute of Technology insists a controversial $4.99 million contract with a consultancy firm has sown "seeds of change" at the institute. The Canberra Times · Jun 7, 2022
The $4.99m question: In plain English, what is CIT paying for? What a prefabricated hen-house the Canberra Institute of Technology have built for themselves. The Canberra Times · Jun 7, 2022
Steel to face no-confidence vote over CIT consulting contracts Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee will move a no-confidence motion against Skills Minister Chris Steel over the handling of contracts awarded to a "complexity and systems thinker". The Canberra Times · Jun 7, 2022
Minister not sure what CIT's $4.99m 'systems thinker' contract provides Mr Steel has questioned whether the contracts were good value for money. The Canberra Times · Jun 7, 2022
'Serious questions' over use of taxpayer money as CIT awards nearly $8.5m in contracts to two consultancy companies The Canberra Liberals are questioning why contracts worth millions of dollars were awarded to consultancy firms run by one man. ABC News · Jun 6, 2022
Federal Labor and Liberal parties pledge additional funding for CIT accommodation, Canberra's Home of Football If successful in the upcoming election, federal Labor promises $10 million for housing at-risk students and the federal Coalition pledges $4.5 million towards a dedicated Capital Football facility. ABC News · May 11, 2022
CIT opens Canberra's first electric and hydrogen vehicle workshop Canberra gets mechanics ready for electric car wave. The Canberra Times · May 10, 2022
Decision made on preferred contractor for $300m Woden development Skills Minister Chris Steel said the partnership between the ACT government and Lendlease would deliver a state-of-the-art campus in Canberra's south and create 520 jobs. The Canberra Times · May 3, 2022
ACT govt outlines industries facing the most acute skills shortages The COVID-19 pandemic has put the brakes on skilled migration in the ACT. The Canberra Times · Feb 28, 2022
Ukraine crisis: A low-cost disinformation campaign aids Putin’s playbook While Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions of Ukraine as independent this week, pro-Russia online disinformation campaigners unleashed numerous images and videos depicting Ukraine as the aggressor. Their often crude efforts were promptly dismantled by experts and fact-checkers. But for Moscow, quantity overrides quality concerns. France 24 · Feb 23, 2022
The Canberra Times · Feb 22, 2022 Major ACT govt construction project hit by workforce shortages The ACT government is still negotiating construction contracts for the new Canberra Institute of Technology campus in Woden.
Al Jazeera · Feb 18, 2022 Videos of Russian military on the move spread on TikTok Footage posted online has become a valuable new tool for researchers analysing Russian military movements.
Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2022 Russia moves elite paratroopers to Ukraine border amid fears of assault on Kiev Russian paratroopers and equipment have been seen moving west towards the potential Ukraine war zone which analysers agree looks "ominous" with the Kremlin still adamant it's simply performing exercises
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 24, 2022 Finance Committee rejects settlement tied to allegations of police wrongdoing Lenora Bonds’ son Terrence Harris was shot to death by three CPD officers in 2013 after Bonds called 911 to report her son was threatening her with two knives. A sergeant — who had received crisis intervention training — arrived, and was stabbed in the face, a lawyer for the…