Tag: Consultants

NSW launches in-house consultant service across government

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW government has launched an in-house Expert Advisory Network (EAN) aimed at reducing public sector reliance on outside consultants and making better use of existing expertise. Set up...

Outsourcing crackdown saves NSW $450m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A squeeze on external consultants and individual contractors by the Minns government has saved the state nearly half a billion dollars, NSW Finance minister Courtney Houssos announced over the...

Scyne brought in to review WA’s health innovation fund

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory will be paid almost $250,000 for an open-ended review of Western Australia’s $1.8 billion health innovation future fund based off a 10-year review schedule first...

NSW govt unveils plan to crackdown on consultants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Minns government will define what constitutes “core public sector work” and require agencies to do it in-house wherever possible as part of its response to an explosion in...

ATO to save $32m on tech outsourcing

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Australian Taxation Office will cut tech outsourcing by $32 million, with the agency’s adoption of artificial intelligence and other automation technologies to be increasingly delivered in-house. The decline...

ADHA weighs insourcing for My Health Record

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
National digital health systems, including the country’s My Health Record, could be insourced from as early as next year as part of government-wide push to unseat consultants and contractors...

Govt spends $1.13bn on consultants so far this year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Large consulting firms have won Commonwealth contracts worth $1.13 billion so far this year as the Labor government strives to reduce reliance on the multinationals. At a Senate Estimates...

NSW flags reforms after consulting blowout

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Minns government will consider further moves to reduce the state’s reliance on consultants in next month’s Budget after analysis found they were being engaged at a rate of...

Panels panacea rushing for 2025 launch

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Two embarrassing leaks of consultants’ pricing rates has accelerated reforms to the federal government’s procurement system, with a new all-in-one solution to handle agencies’ panel buying now expected next...