Tag: Consultants

200 consultancies yet to pledge on pricing leak

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Finance on Friday revealed it had received only 20 formal assurances from 236 consulting firms saying that they will not misuse the rates of competitors that...

BCA steps in for ‘Big 7’ consultants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
BCG and the other ‘Big 7’ consultancies held an unusual Zoom meeting earlier this month to help prepare their business lobby group’s evidence to the Parliament, which is placing...

Consultants and contractors being phased out of govt work

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Consultants and contractors will be banned from performing “core” government work like drafting regulation and leading policy development under new rules from the Albanese government released on Tuesday. Outsourcing...

New inquiry to probe Big Four model, governance ‘gaps’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Parliament has launched another inquiry into consultants, this time scrutinising the structure and culture of the sector currently dominated by a handful of large firms that receive billions in...

NSW govt’s use of consultants to be scrutinised

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A parliamentary inquiry will scrutinise the heavy reliance on consultants by the New South Wales government in the wake of the PwC tax leaks scandal engulfing the Commonwealth. The...

$130m Accenture vetting system rollout still facing issues

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The rollout of the Accenture-built government security vetting system continues to face complications, as the agency in charge fails to meet its KPI on baseline clearances. Technical issues with...