Among the industries in desperate need of rehabilitating its image with the federal government, the consulting sector remains number one.
The big four have been on the nose in Canberra since the PwC tax leaks scandal. While only PwC was banned from taking on government work as part of the fallout, Deloitte, EY and KPMG have also been caught in the stink. Little wonder, then, that they are hiring lobbyists to do just the sort of work they once bragged about to clients.