Tag: PwC

Student debts waived after govt IT bungle

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government will waive $21 million in tertiary debt and overhaul IT systems after a tech bungle held nearly 20,000 students’ loans up for years in internal systems....

Consultants, tech sector pour donations into political parties

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Consultancies, tech companies, lobby groups and a former Industry minister’s business donated more than $1.5 million directly to Australia’s major political parties during the election year. The Big Four...

NSW govt ‘over-reliant’ on the same consultants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
An “over-reliance” on the same consultants in the New South Wales government, particularly those from the Big Four consulting houses, is creating risks for agencies, according to the state’s...

PwC lands $3.7m deal to revamp APS data tool

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A decades old employment data tool that holds sensitive information on 815,000 public servants will be redeveloped on an accelerated schedule by consultants under a $3.7 million contract. Consulting...

Potential AUKUS benefits still facing barriers

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
AUKUS stakeholders have warned the trilateral security pact faces many barriers beyond nuclear submarines, flagging fundamental issues around talent, export controls and culture in a new report released on...

Boomtime in Canberra as PWC cashes in on pandemic demand

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
PwC was paid more than $312 million through federal government contracts last financial year, capping off a three-year pandemic period where it’s Commonwealth business skyrocketed by 63 per cent....

PwC paid $12m for NSW govt ERP data migration strategy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Global consulting giant PwC will be paid $12.2 million over the next two years to develop a data migration strategy for the New South Wales government’s huge enterprise resource...