July 2021
Labor calls for audit of NBN Co bonus targets
Political and media optics could result in public funds being misused, according to Labor’s Michelle Rowland.
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- Tom McIlroy
Consultants also win from car park slush fund
While the Infrastructure Department was keen to keep secret a commercially sensitive Turner & Townsend report, the Auditor General has no such qualms.
- Michael Roddan
March 2021
Power station feasibility grant broke funding rules: Auditor-General
The Morrison government’s grants, which helped secure peace between the Liberals and the Nationals, did not fully comply with federal rules.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2020
Inflated land purchase 'reflects poorly' on bureaucrats: Treasury boss
Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy has told a Senate committee he did not fully appreciate the significance of a controversial land deal at Badgerys Creek in western Sydney.
- Tom McIlroy
July 2020
Consultants bill cut as visa plan scrapped
The Australian National Audit Office says it will curb its spending on private sector consultants after it was revealed Peter Dutton's Home Affairs Department spent $39.7m with BCG on its dumped plan to privatise the processing of visas.
- Edmund Tadros and Tom McIlroy
April 2020
Labor demands 'rolling audit' for coronavirus billions
Labor wants a special rolling audit of more than $200 billion in emergency coronavirus spending, in a bid to properly scrutinise the Coalition's stimulus plans while Parliament is on hold.
- Tom McIlroy
March 2020
Canberra spends nearly $1.2b across eight consulting firms
Amid more than 15,000 public service job losses, the Morrison government is spending record amounts with private consulting firms.
- Tom McIlroy and Edmund Tadros
February 2020
Hundreds of sports projects were ineligible, says Auditor-General
Former minister Bridget McKenzie's office kept no records of project eligibility in the $100 million sports rorts saga.
- Tom McIlroy