Tag: Big Four

NSW govt unveils plan to crackdown on consultants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Minns government will define what constitutes “core public sector work” and require agencies to do it in-house wherever possible as part of its response to an explosion in...

EY’s ATO big data deal grows $47m in a year

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Big four consulting firm EY will be paid another $7.7 million to provide IT data and analytics services to the tax office after it extended a lucrative contract that...

Quantum lobbyists go to work for PwC

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
PwC has engaged the lobbying firm that helped an American quantum computing company secure a near $1 billion government investment this week, as a path back to government work...

Deep freeze: Consulting giants’ federal revenue smashed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The value of federal contracts awarded to global consulting giants plunged by more than $1.1 billion between the 2021 and 2023 calendar years, according to tender data collated by...

Consultants, tech firms make $1.4m in political donations

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A handful of tech firms and the big four consultancies together donated almost $1.4 million to Australia’s major political parties last year, according to newly released figures which have reignited...

Defence slams the brakes on Big Four spending

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Department of Defence reduced spending with the Big Four consulting giants by an average 40 per cent in the 2022/23 financial year, the first full 12 month reporting...

What exactly should we learn from the PwC scandal?

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Anyone interested in public policy, including innovation and technology policy, must be interested in what we can call ‘the PwC scandal’. And there are three aspects to the scandal...

NSW procurement slammed as consultants cash in

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New South Wales government agencies broke procurement rules, failed to manage contracts and increasingly used only a handful of global giants while handing more than $1 billion to consulting...