Govt consultants unchecked as NSW agencies flout rules


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

NSW agencies continue to direct source consultants and often fail to obtain conflicts of interest or evaluate their performance, despite the Minns government’s clampdown and years of warnings.

The concerns were raised again on Wednesday by the state’s audit office, which also showed 20 consultant firms are claiming almost half the NSW government’s consulting spend, led by Deloitte.

The wide ranging controls audit of 26 agencies also found the state’s …

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