New governments always mean shifts in policies and priorities, and can mean changes to the world of bidding and grant applications. Labour’s policies have been fairly ambiguous during the campaign, but I expect the following to be prioritised:
- Aged Care – with registered nurses required on site at all time of the day. Will this result in tender opportunties for recruitment firms to provide nurses? Or will there potentially be more grant funding available for care homes?
- Childcare – with generuous subsidies promised. More subsidies to afford childcare may mean opportunities for new childcare centres and existing ones to grow. Will there be grant funding available for this?
- Climate change and the environment – Labour’s policies are still fairly limited here but this may change due to the teal independents and green victories. I would expect to see more environmental requirements in federal bids going forward.
- Electric Vehicles – with tax breaks promised. May there be grant funding available to develop electric charge points across the country, including in remote areas?
- Health – 50 urgent care clinics are promised to be created. How will these will be funded and who will run them? Will they be put out to procurement for the building and running of them?
- Infrastructure – $367.2m has been pledged for instrastructre projects, plus more for others. All of these will require procurement in one form or another.
Regardless of the exact details, new governments generally mean new ideas and projects, likely resulting in a glut of new bidding opportunties – if you are working in any of the above sectors, keep an eye out.
