Tag: Consultants

Informed Opinion

$10 Million for consultants: a further step from reality – Pearls and Irritations

Classmates learning in the classroom.

It was in the 1970’s I witnessed a paid consultant do a report for a local Australian Council. He was an American and had done a study and report for Los Angeles. Here in Australia, the work he was submitting was simply substituting and retyping the local council’s name where Los Angeles was written. The rot was already present.

Last year the NSW Education Department paid almost $10 million to Deloitte Consultants for ‘expert’ advice, not to mention how much of tax-payers revenue went into the pockets of the disgraced PWC for similar nonsense. This reliance on outside know-how is a ‘logical’ step up from the failed policy of governments employing experts in leadership to head up their departments. What return did we get? After all this time, NSW school system is on life support evidenced by the abject failure of this experts’ approach.

Source: $10 Million for consultants: a further step from reality – Pearls and Irritations

Political Scams

Labor True Believers, Political Analysis and Satire – Consultants

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According to analysis this week, PwC and other “big four” firms — Deloitte, EY and KPMG — have brought in about $4 billion in government contracts and paid out over $4 million in party donations over the past decade.

PwC is also the auditor for the federal police – the accountant that signs off on its finances as being legally compliant.

To rip off a bit from the Roman poet, Juvenal: Who will audit the auditors?

Source: Labor True Believers, Political Analysis and Satire | Facebook

scam, financial scams, Australian Scams

Government gutted as PwC, Big 4 pick up $1.4b a year for giving advice – Michael West

PwC, the Big Four

The Centre for Public Integrity has published analysis of political donations and government contract work for Big 4 firms EY, KPMG, Deloitte and PwC. What’s the scam?

Source: Government gutted as PwC, Big 4 pick up $1.4b a year for giving advice – Michael West

Australian Government

Outrage is appropriate: The role of big consultants in Australian government – Pearls and Irritations

Teamwork of business. Communication.

Every Australian who has sweated over a grant for a modest sum, or who pays taxes and thinks they should get value for money, must be asking questions about a huge swindle that has been growing over the past two decades under our noses. One thing is certain: our parliament needs to act.

Source: Outrage is appropriate: The role of big consultants in Australian government – Pearls and Irritations

Australian Government

Big four consultancy contracts blow out to $1.4 billion

The big four consulting firms have increased their federal business by 400 per cent over a decade.

The big four consulting firms have increased their federal business by 400 per cent over a decade while donating steadily to the major political parties that shape big decisions on government projects.

Source: Big four consultancy contracts blow out to $1.4 billion

Informed Comment

Whopper Returns: Tax Office fee bonanza the latest in the privatisation of government – Michael West Media

ATO, tax, outsourcing

There are few government agencies which have escaped the privatisation fetish of the Coalition. Callum Foote and Michael West report on the hypocrisy of the “personal responsibility” mantra amid concerns raised by Australian Tax Office insiders over the surging use of external consultants and lawyers.

Source: Whopper Returns: Tax Office fee bonanza the latest in the privatisation of government – Michael West Media