Ken Wyatt defends awarding of $2.2m contract to organisation linked to Liberal candidate

Minister for Indigenous Australians says contract awarded to Vanguard after advice from health department

The minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, has defended awarding a $2.2m contract without a tender process to an organisation linked to the former Liberal candidate Bill Glasson.

A report in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday revealed an internal complaint was made about the process that awarded the contract to the Indigenous and Remote Eye Health Service (IRIS) for the delivery of ophthalmology services in remote areas at twice the market rate.

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