Australian War Memorial kept ministers in the dark on contracts for $550m redevelopment, audit finds

In two cases, contracts were split to avoid triggering $1m threshold for ministerial approval, the Australian National Audit Office says

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The Australian War Memorial kept ministers in the dark on key details of its controversial $550m redevelopment and failed to manage conflicts of interest, a new audit report has found.

The Australian National Audit Office said the AWM’s advice to ministers lacked “transparency [and] accuracy”, while “in two instances contracts were split” to avoid triggering the $1m threshold for ministerial approval.

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