A newly-formed Victorian company was awarded a $30 million contract to provide commercialisation services to the federal government despite its bid being $13 million more expensive than the other...
The awarding of $160 million worth of contracts to delivery partners under the Industry department’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme was “deficient in significant respects”, with large incumbents given unfair advantages and...
The Industry department is continuing to pay private contractors for help with a range of its grants programs, issuing a further $1.1 million for consultants in a month. InnovationAus.com...
There is “insufficient evidence” that the federal government’s $150 million program to streamline grants has delivered any benefits, and the scheme has failed to achieve three of its four...
The Industry department has paid consultants more than $15 million in the last 18 months across a number of contracts for assistance in delivering its grants programs, including with...
A Canberra consultancy will be paid more than $3 million in the first half of this year to help the federal Industry department assess grants across a range of...
A number of the largest grants from the federal government’s flagship $52 million program to support female founders will be reexamined after serious questions were raised about their eligibility...
Global consulting giant McKinsey will be paid nearly $1 million to provide a secret report to the federal government on how to increase the number of rapid antigen tests...
Just $85 million has been released from the federal government’s flagship $1.5 billion manufacturing program since it was announced in 2020. The biggest grants are currently being held up...
Global consulting giant PwC was paid $105,000 in a fortnight to provide just six staff to the Industry department to assist in the assessment and issuing of government grants....