Tag: Deloitte

Consulting giants take $900m hit under Labor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Big Four consulting firms and Accenture received almost $900 million less from federal agencies last year compared to the Coalition government’s final 12 months, data to be released...

BoM’s $886m consultant ‘gravy train’ wraps up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The bill for the Bureau of Meteorology’s seven-year tech overhaul is $866 million and there are fears it could rise further, despite the agency’s CEO declaring the project complete...

Sky-high IT contractor costs at weather bureau

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s national weather agency forked out more than $400 million on external contractors for its long-running IT upgrade – the full cost of which has never publicly been revealed....

Qld’s bill for PsiQuantum advice revealed

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Queensland government spent close to $2 million across just two contracts for external advice on its controversial investment in Californian startup PsiQuantum, Budget estimates has heard. The legal...

Agencies bound to sluggish cyber threat platform

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has given agencies 12 months to link up with the national automated cyber threat sharing platform after struggling to get voluntary buy-in over the last two...

Govt racks up $7m bill for external advice on PsiQuantum

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has spent almost $7 million on external advice related to its controversial investment in Californian startup PsiQuantum, bringing in legal firms, probity advisers and management consultants...

Govt spends $1.13bn on consultants so far this year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Large consulting firms have won Commonwealth contracts worth $1.13 billion so far this year as the Labor government strives to reduce reliance on the multinationals. At a Senate Estimates...