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McKinsey paid $1m to secretly tell govt how to increase supply of RATs

Global consulting giant McKinsey will be paid nearly $1 million to provide a secret report to the federal government on how to increase the number of rapid antigen tests...

Modern Manufacturing program struggles to get money out the door

19 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Just $85 million has been released from the federal government’s flagship $1.5 billion manufacturing program since it was announced in 2020. The biggest grants are currently being held up...

PwC’s $105,000 a fortnight for six staff to assess Industry grants

17 February 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Global consulting giant PwC was paid $105,000 in a fortnight to provide just six staff to the Industry department to assist in the assessment and issuing of government grants....

Govt spends 5x more on climate ads than net-zero modelling work

17 February 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Industry department is spending five times as much on advertising the government’s net-zero emissions strategy as it did on experts to model the impact of the widely disputed...

‘Outrageous and indefensible’: PwC assessing govt grants under $2m Industry contract

8 February 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Global consulting giant PwC is assessing government grant applications as part of a near-$2 million contract with the Industry department which the public sector union has branded “outrageous and...

McKinsey paid $10k a day for AdBlue analysis

21 January 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The federal government is paying a consulting giant nearly $10,000 a day for supply and demand analysis of a critical diesel exhaust fluid but refuses to disclose exactly how...

Industry Growth Centres compete for $19m transition package

20 December 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s Industry Growth Centres have been allocated an additional $19 million to transition to self-sustaining operation next year when the federal government pulls its support for the long-running initiative....

Just eight McKinsey staff used on $2.5m, three-month govt mRNA contract

13 December 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Just eight McKinsey staff are being used on the company’s $2.5 million, three-month contract to provide advice to the federal government on local mRNA vaccine manufacturing, with the global...

Govt brings in Deloitte to help with hydrogen grants

10 December 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government has brought in multinational consultancy Deloitte to assist in dishing out Commonwealth funds to hydrogen projects as concerns grow over outsourcing within the Industry department. Industry...

‘Huge waste of money’: BCG paid 50k a day for policy advice

23 November 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The Industry department paid consulting giant Boston Consulting Group nearly $400,000 for a little over one week of “professional advice and input” on what appears to be core departmental...

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McKinsey paid $1m to secretly tell govt how to increase supply of RATs

Modern Manufacturing program struggles to get money out the door

PwC’s $105,000 a fortnight for six staff to assess Industry grants

Govt spends 5x more on climate ads than net-zero modelling work

‘Outrageous and indefensible’: PwC assessing govt grants under $2m Industry contract

McKinsey paid $10k a day for AdBlue analysis

Industry Growth Centres compete for $19m transition package

Just eight McKinsey staff used on $2.5m, three-month govt mRNA contract

Govt brings in Deloitte to help with hydrogen grants

‘Huge waste of money’: BCG paid 50k a day for policy advice

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