Former MP Stuart Robert has been accused of receiving kickbacks for awarding "lucrative" tech contracts for Services Australia and the NDIS. A company called Synergy 360 was set up to lobby government for tech contracts, funded by companies like Infosys, Salesforce and Unisys. In a sworn statement to a parliamentary inquiry, Anthony Dalby (ex-husband of one of the co-founders of Synergy 360) alleges that a company called United Marketing was funneling cash from Synergy 360 to Stuart Robert to secure contracts. In a separate statement, someone else that worked at Synergy 360 gave orders to send "the earnings from Synergy 360 to a company called Australia Property Trust, which was part owned by Roberts". It's all very messy and a lot of unproven allegations, but sounds to me like Roberts would be the ideal candidate for the National Anti-Corruption Commission's first investigation.
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