Labor got a solid round of applause when it unveiled plans for a Future Made in Australia Office last October in the run-up to the federal election as part...
The Commonwealth Procurement Rules have been changed to give small and medium sized businesses a bigger slice of the $70 billion the federal government spends annually on contracts and...
Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has flagged the Coalition will mount a challenge to Labor’s plan to pump billions into the technology and manufacturing sectors and in rebuilding the energy...
Labor will cut just under $200 million from the Entrepreneurs’ Programme – about 75 per cent of the program’s funding – if it wins this weekend’s election, and will...
Labor has outlined a plan to cut government spending on contractors and consultants by $3 billion and scrap the controversial public sector jobs cap, along with a policy to...
Labor has vowed to rebuild the Australian Public Service into a model employer that is better able to provide frank and fearless advice to Government. If elected, Labor would...
Trade minister Dan Tehan has declined to provide almost any detail about a lucrative contract his department awarded to global consulting giants McKinsey last year, with the Opposition slamming...
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...
Home Affairs is paying international consultants Ernst & Young $2.5 million to help establish its cybersecurity hub because it lacks the “capacity and specialist knowledge” to do it in-house....
Labor on Monday put forward a bill which would require ministers to report within a month when they approve grants rejected by their departments or when they award grants...