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What did the CIT (and the taxpayers) get for $8.5 million?

The skills of action man Patrick Hollingworth.

The Canberra Times

'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

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

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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

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

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

'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.

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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

CIT opens Canberra's first electric and hydrogen vehicle workshop

Canberra gets mechanics ready for electric car wave.

The Canberra Times

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

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

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

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.

The Canberra Times

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.

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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

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…

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