Tag: Deloitte

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...

BoM technology projects hit by an Estimates whirlwind

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The head of the Bureau of Meteorology was challenged by senators on Wednesday after not answering a series of questions about suspected cost blow outs in its technology projects...

Heavy lifting needed on data sharing, but not by banks

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Here’s a philosophical question for the times: If a national economy-wide digital economy platform initiative is suffering a slow, tortured death – and no one notices – should it...

Deep freeze: Consulting giants’ federal revenue smashed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The value of federal contracts awarded to global consulting giants plunged by more than $1.1 billion between the 2021 and 2023 calendar years, according to tender data collated by...

Consultants, tech firms make $1.4m in political donations

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...