Government research in Australia

An overview of research in the Government industry in Australia:

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
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
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
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
Think-tank calls for government consulting reports to be made public The government’s $1 billion bill from Australia’s biggest consultancies could pay for thousands of public service jobs, says the Australia Institute, with calls for reports to be made public.
17 October 2021
Majority of Australians approve of online government services The vast majority of Australians approve of the government’s digital services portals according to a new survey from ICT consultancy Infosys, although there’s still room for improvement.
14 July 2021
Big Four win millions in government consulting contracts The Big Four have followed a bumper 2020 in federal public sector work with a swag of new government consulting and professional services contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars so far this y
09 May 2021
Federal government spend on big 7 consulting firms tops $1 billion The world’s seven biggest and most prestigious consulting firms have cashed in on the federal government’s economic recovery efforts, collectively scoring over $1 billion in contracts last year.
30 March 2021
Phasing out JobSeeker puts 145,000 Australian jobs on the line A new report has warned that Australia’s phasing out of Government support during the coronavirus pandemic could see the country’s recession deepen.
20 September 2020
The customer experience imperative for trust in governments In a new report, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Salesforce have established a “clear link” between the customer experience in government digital services and overall trust in the government.
19 April 2020
Better university student performance adds billions to economy Tackling major challenges currently facing the Australian education system could add $3.
10 October 2019
Federal government excessively spent $580 million on consultants The Australian federal government excessively spent more than $580 million on consultants, according to a an analysis from the Institute of Public Affairs.
05 February 2019
Australia amongst world’s best for providing for ageing population Global health, wealth and career consulting firm Mercer have teamed up with the Victorian state government and Monash University’s Australian Centre for Financial Studies to release the tenth Melbour
25 October 2018
NSW Government fails to comply with procurement requirements for consultancy services The NSW Auditor-General’s office has released a ‘special report’ questioning the use of consultants for public service work titled ‘Procurement and Reporting of Consulting Services’.
05 September 2018
Australia ranks second in Asia Pacific in global prosperity ranking Australia has been named the Asia Pacific’s second most prosperous country in 2018 behind only Singapore.
06 August 2018
Phoenixing costs Australia’s economy $5 billion, finds PwC report A high estimate of $5 billion is being wiped off Australia’s economy due to phoenixing, or illegally dissolving a company and then rebuilding it from the ashes according to a PwC report commissioned
26 July 2018

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