Government news in Australia

An overview of news, trends and research in the Government industry in Australia:

How to assure the implementation success of new legislation Anthony Honeyman, National Consulting Lead at Proximity, outlines how government leaders tasked with the nation-wide delivery of new legislation can work towards implementation success.
13 August 2024
Boosting New Zealand's productivity at a national level Ian Walsh, an Auckland-based partner at Argon & Co, shares why productivity should be a key priority for New Zealand, and what measures can be taken to lift it to the next level.
06 August 2024
Ensuring safe and responsible AI in government portfolios Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving at breakneck speed. Yet with all the benefits come also numerous risks.
04 August 2024
Defence selects Arc Professional Services for technology project The Australian Department of Defence has selected Arc Professional Services as a partner for its Resilient Decision Highway (RDH) project.
10 July 2024
Victor Dominello and Robert Holt launch digital government podcast Former New South Wales digital minister Victor Dominello has teamed up with Accenture managing director Robert Holt to launch a new podcast focused on government in the digital age.
19 June 2024
Senate releases final consulting industry report after lengthy inquiry After months of often testy hearings in the wake of the PwC government tax breach scandal, the senate has released its final report into the consulting industry with twelve recommendations.
17 June 2024
Consultancies form digital delivery alliance for government projects A handful of the country’s smaller-sized consultancies have banded together to launch the Australian Digital Delivery Alliance, which will coordinate on digital government projects.
29 May 2024
NSW taps Adaptovate for new housing planning system The NSW Government has selected Sydney-headquartered tech consultancy Adaptovate for an innovative planning initiative aimed at using artificial intelligence to tackle the housing crisis. The $5.
22 May 2024
Big Four respond to unambitious Australian federal budget The Australian branches of the ‘Big Four’ accounting and consulting firms have responded to the latest federal budget, lamenting a lack of long-term structural reform in their appraisals.
15 May 2024
Slalom takes over 2026 Australian Census duties from PwC International technology consultancy Slalom has taken over digital delivery duties from PwC for the 2026 Australian Census.
22 February 2024
Scyne Advisory appears before NSW consulting inquiry Less than three months in business and PwC public sector consulting breakaway Scyne Advisory has made an appearance before the NSW government’s parliamentary inquiry into the use of consultants.
07 February 2024
Government consulting fees of 400 consultancies leaked by breach A massive confidentiality breach has rattled the Australian consulting sector, but this time it was the government itself passing on the sensitive commercial information on billing-rates among rival
11 January 2024
Federal government officially launches in-house consulting unit The federal government’s in-house consulting unit – Australian Government Consulting – has officially launched with the appointment of former McKinsey manager Andrew Nipe as chief consulting officer
06 December 2023
Infosys cops further public hit over Centrelink engine rejection Overshadowed by the PwC government tax scandal, fellow consultancy Infosys is facing a public grilling of its own over a ditched Centrelink calculator said to be far slower than the existing system.
10 September 2023
Citizens increasing their uptake of digital government services Australian citizens are increasing their uptake of digital government services – a positive development in light of the government’s strategy to make the country one of the top three digital governme
28 August 2023
Mav3rik helps DJCS adopt state-wide case management system When the Department of Justice and Community Safety wanted to implement a new state-wide case management system for Freedom of Information requests, Mav3rik was called in.
28 July 2023
Most Australians support long-term government work ban for PwC PwC scored more than $500 million in federal work over the past two years.
20 June 2023
Kinetic IT bags multiyear contract at Australian Taxation Office Kicking off the awards process of its fresh IT Strategic Sourcing Program, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has selected Kinetic IT as its lead Enterprise Service Management partner.
08 June 2023
Morrison government spent $563 million on consultants in final year An audit of APS spending on consulting and outsourcing has revealed the former government racked up a $20 billion bill in its final year alone, with the current government making moves to curb the ex
15 May 2023
PwC sends global leaders to Australia to damage control spiralling crisis Facing the risk of spiralling global crisis, PwC is scrambling to contain the damage caused by the ‘government leak scandal’ in Australia.
12 May 2023
R/GA launches government practice in Australia The Australian arm of R/GA has launched a new government practice, in conjunction with landing the federal government as its first client.
10 May 2023
Analysis: Australia’s federal government spending on consultants The national auditor has released a detailed report on government procurement over the past decade, with the consulting industry currently under the pump.
12 February 2023
Analysis: Political funding and donations by the Big Four The Australian Electoral Commission has released its political donation data for the 2021-22 financial year, with the Big Four once again splashing out in support of political leaders and parties.
05 February 2023
The 400+ consultancies on the Management Advisory Services Panel The Australian Government has completed the multi-year procurement process for its Management Advisory Services Panel, appointing a total of more than 400 consulting firms and professional services g
29 January 2023
PwC leak leads to grumpy government warning to tax advisors The suspension of a former PwC Australia international tax lead for sharing confidential tax reform details has the government potentially rethinking how it engages consultants on such policy matters
24 January 2023
Creating a great digital citizen experience for Australians Publicis Sapient has released the 2022 edition of its Digital Citizen Survey, finding that Australians have a strong appetite for digital government services.
17 May 2022
Labor pledges to slash consulting and contractor bill by $3 billion The outsourcing of public sector work to consultants and contractors is at the core of perennial political debates between the country’s major parties.
01 May 2022
Services Australia selects EY and Deloitte for GovERP transformation Ernst & Young and Deloitte have landed separate contracts on the government’s ongoing GovERP project, which seeks to align the SAP systems among a number of large government departments.
24 April 2022
Government consulting revenue soars again for McKinsey and BCG The federal government’s consulting largess continues to be scrutinised, with new analysis suggesting it again doubled its McKinsey and BCG bill during the 2020-2021 financial year.
07 March 2022
WA Health green lights state-wide SAP SuccessFactors implementation A combined $220 million ten-year contract has been awarded to ERP giant SAP and implementation partner Deloitte to overhaul Western Australia’s health services human resources systems.
20 February 2022
Covid drives up Victorian government consulting spend by a third The Covid-19 public health crisis has contributed to driving up the Victorian government’s spend on external management consultants by a third in just one year.
23 January 2022
How PwC helped the ABS deliver Australia's 2021 Census While the public will have to wait until next year for Census data to be released, at least one figure has now been revealed – the staggering number of cyber attacks blocked by the online system.
28 December 2021

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