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Bid-rigging is rife in Australian construction, but the process itself is partly to blame

Written by Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide

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Earlier this year the Federal Court found ARM Architecture and its then managing director Tony Allen were guilty of attempting to rig bids for a tender relating to a $250 million building project at Charles Darwin University.

The Court ordered ARM Architecture to pay a penalty of $900,000 and Mr Allen to pay $75,000.

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