Canberra consultants sworn to secrecy after govt pricing leak


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Government consultants have been asked to sign agreements saying they will not misuse the highly confidential billing rates of their competitors that was leaked to them last month.

Almost all have agreed, but others doubt how much protection the agreements offer in the wake of the PwC tax leak scandal.

It is understood the pricing details of up to 413 suppliers on the government’s Management Advisory Services Panel, which includes global giants like Deloitte and KPMG, as well as small local firms, were inadvertently leaked to 22 of the panel members last month.

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