Synergy Law

Supporting Government to become 'future ready', partnering with clients to achieve legally defensible outcomes.
By leaning into complex and challenging issues, we can find options and solutions to support legally defensible outcomes and provide confidence for the commonwealth.

Synergy Law is a Synergy Group integrated legal offering, specialising in Government law and legal advisory services. Synergy Law as a capability, and an added service line, enables Synergy Group to provide clients integrated end to end advisory services and solutions which are legally assured and defensible. Synergy Law also provides Synergy Group the additional capability to look at ways to ‘lean into’ future legal issues such as: cyber security, ICT and infrastructure security, emerging energy resources, climate law, supply chain management, data sharing and information law, to support Government operations becoming ‘future ready’.

Synergy Law not only provides an integrated legal service but added depth of experience through having worked in, and for, Government on complex legal, policy and program matters. We know our market, we know our clients, we understand what you need. We will lean in, work beside you, and help you achieve your outcomes.

Meet the team

From start to finish we listen and seek to understand and deliver impact, together, in partnership.

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With views on what matter and knowledge to share. We pride ourselves in collaborating. Get to know us better.
Insight

Groundhog Day - Commitment Issues in Commonwealth Procurement

Rethinking work
Earlier this month, The Joint Committee of Public Accounts Audit (JCPAA) released a report addressing aspects of Commonwealth procurement. Report 498, titled "Commitment issues' - An inquiry into Commonwealth Procurement" provided strong recommendations following a recent Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into five reports released by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) that focused on Commonwealth Procurement over the last year.
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Lessons Learned: PERFORMANCE AUDIT REPORT - Procurement of Office Furniture

Transformation
Rethinking work
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) published a report on 14 June 2023 on an audit of the procurement of office furniture, between 2017-2022, for the Department of Home Affairs (HA) and Services Australia (SA). This intention of the audit was to increase transparency of procurement frameworks and ensure that HA and SA were effective in undertaking their respective procurement activities as per the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs).
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Insight

Chained Reactions: The shockwaves of Russia's illegal invasion

Rethinking work
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is having significant impacts on global supply chains and procurement, including those in Australia. As one of the world's leading exporters of natural resources and a significant importer of goods and services, Australia is not immune to the effects of the conflict. We feel this through inflation that is proving to be difficult to control, at the bowser and in our every-day goods. In this article, I would like to explore some of the impacts of the conflict on Australia's supply chain and procurement activities, both current and ongoing.
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Insight

SOCI 2018: Navigating your way through a Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program (CIRMP)

Rethinking work
As of 17th February 2023, all entities meeting the criteria of critical infrastructure under the amended SOCI Act 2018 are required to adopt a written CIRMP with a deadline of 6 months. This CIRMP will assist entities to remove, reduce or minimise hazards from impacting their critical infrastructure assets. Furthermore, within another 12 months entities must comply with their CIRMP.
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