A photo of an Australian passport has reignited concerns over the quality of the $398 travel document. Posting to social ...

The audit highlights deficiencies in the management of procurement processes that have raised concerns about the ...

Government auditors slam the Australian Passport Office's handling of procurement contracts worth more than $1.5 billion ...

The auditor-general has, in the face of extraordinary resistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), ...

Dodgy procurement practices at the Australian Passport Office have sent the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ...

An abandoned Port Douglas reconnaissance mission alongside a tropical resort pool left DFAT with a $135,000 bill, the ANAO ...

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A scathing audit of the Australian Passport Office’s procurement processes concludes they “have fallen short of ethical ...

Auditors have criticised the Australian Passport Office over procurement contracts, saying transparency and ethics standards were not upheld. Eighteen current and former Department of Foreign ...

Officials from Australia’s passport office are under investigation after a damning report said it had mishandled hundreds of millions, including huge blowouts on a contract proposed over a coffee.

Procurements made by the Australian Passport Office worth nearly $500 million, including many tech-related contracts, were ...

Australia's passport office has been accused of mishandling contracts worth millions of dollars as over a dozen officials are investigated for potential misconduct. The Australian National Audit ...