Defence’s mammoth backend technology upgrade has slipped by half a decade and could now cost $3.5 billion — around three times initial estimates – with a consulting giant handed...
Defence’s troubled data consolidation program will not be completed this month as planned and is now targeting an end of year launch. Officials confirmed the delay on Wednesday amid...
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...
Accenture has landed another a $14.7 million contract for work on Defence’s enterprise cloud services capability, while the department continues talks with shortlisted hyperscalers Google and Oracle on a...
Defence is still examining the “paper trail” of potential conflicts in its $515 million defence data project after its own data lead left in 2019 to join KPMG, the...
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...
Parliament will investigate “sovereign capability in the Australian tech sector” over six months next year after David Pocock had the issue referred to the Senate’s finance committee on Wednesday....
KPMG has been accused of treating the Senate with contempt after a new document appeared to show the consulting firm had been ‘power mapping’ more than 70 public servants...
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...
Three consulting firms will rake in close to $70 million over the next three years to help Australia’s cyber spy agency expand beyond Canberra and add almost 2000 staff...