Almost four years into the Albanese government’s consultants purge, agencies are still on the hook for almost $600 million in large active consultant contracts, new integrity disclosures show.
The mandatory biannual disclosures tabled late last week to the Senate by Finance minister Katy Gallagher show the government’s consultancy bill dropped in the second half of 2025.
But compared to the corresponding period of 2024 — the new Senate order’s first …
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