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Yesterday

Blair Comley, the secretary of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, has warned against the inappropriate use of consultants.

The lazy thing to do is hire a consultant: public service boss

Health department secretary Blair Comley says this option is often a poor substitute for managing and increasing a team’s capability.

July

Deloitte partners are downcast about pay.

The Deloitte partnership ladder is actually a snake

The problem with hiring accountants is they can tell when a promotion is financially a demotion, even if it comes with sweeteners.

Andrew Nipe, the head of Australian Government Consulting, discuses how the business unit of the fledgling service at The Australian Financial Review Government Services Summit on Tuesday afternoon.

The public sector unit saving Canberra millions on private consultants

The in-house government consultant says it’s been well received, with about 75 per cent of its public service clients saying it’s better than the private sector.

Canberra managing partner of Holding Redluch Elizabeth Carroll.

How this law firm tripled its workload in a year

Top-tier firm Clayton Utz reasserted its public sector dominance, but a national mid-tier has doubled its Canberra staff and tripled its government contracts.

PwC Australia sells restructuring arm to Teneo for millions

The New York-based firm will create a new local financial services advisory business led by outgoing PwC partner Stephen Longley.

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Former KPMG partners hired by FTI Consulting as senior managing directors (L-R): Natalie Faulkner, Nathan Schlesinger and Warren Dunn.

The advisory firms thriving on the big four talent exodus

With more than half their senior ranks coming from the big four consulting firms, FTI and Alvarez & Marsal are growing rapidly by targeting rainmakers.

A UK government committee has asked BCG chief Christoph Schweizer to clarify details surrounding the company’s reported involvement in Gaza-related activities.

BCG’s role in Gaza probed by UK parliamentary committee

Liam Byrne, chair of the House of Commons business and trade select committee, has written to BCG chief executive Christoph Schweizer requesting information.

Christoph Schweizer: “This work was explicitly prohibited, and BCG disavows it.”

BCG chief admits Gaza work was ‘reputationally very damaging’

Christoph Schweizer, in a letter to alumni, promised a “firm-wide remediation effort” after the “profoundly disappointing” episode.

Tony Blair with then-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for talks at 10 Downing Street in 1998.

Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG

The plan, outlined in a slide deck, was led by Israeli businessmen and used financial models developed inside Boston Consulting Group to reimagine Gaza.

Who needs consultants in the age of AI?

Having made a fortune by telling others how to adapt to newfangled tech, from the internet to cloud computing, Accenture now faces the same predicament.

What I learnt in 3 months as an MBA student at a top US school

It takes two years and costs $400,000-plus, and on top of the study requires role playing, “crop circles” and speed networking. Students say it’s worth it for a starting salary of nearly $300,000.

Clockwise from top left: EY Australia CEO David Larocca, and Alvarez & Marsal managing directors (and former EY partners) Sean Keegan, Andrew Sharp, Jagmohan Singh, Adam Woodward and Edward Consett.

Judge references Oliver Twist, Goldilocks in EY win over defections

The firm won the right for a trove of documents over the defection of partners to a rival in a case likened to the expression “Please, sir, I want some more”.

Ian Silk will work for KPMG for one or two days a week.

Ian Silk appointed chairman of rebranded Sayers Group

The former AustralianSuper head will oversee the consulting firm founded by the ex-PwC partner, which has been rebranded Tenet after a lewd photo scandal.

June

Emma Hawthorne who is a new partner at EY. Photographed in Sydney on June 23, 2025. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

The new EY partner who’s not afraid to make a ‘captain’s call’

The new partner handles service delivery issues, connects her clients to global EY services and makes the “captain’s call” on what is pitched to clients.

PwC Australia chief executive Kevin Burrowes says the audited report is a ‘milestone’ for the firm.

PwC Australia’s profit slumps 17pc, inaugural audited accounts show

The firm is the first big four accounting group to publish an audited financial report, part of its reform process following the tax leaks scandal.

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SafeWork is investigating UTS.

Safety investigation launched at UTS over KPMG’s job slashing plan

It’s unusual for the workplace safety watchdog to investigate white-collar workplaces, but staff anger is at boiling point.

ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell’s use of Nous Group is under scrutiny.

Consultants are cutting more jobs than just ANU’s

The consulting group’s capture of Canberra has extended to the OAIC. How convenient for clients wanting to block FOI requests.

KPMG Australia has appointed 67 new partners.

KPMG appoints 67 new partners, while almost 90 head for exit

The move means the consultancy group’s Australian partnership is projected to be 657-strong as of July 1, down from 676 a year earlier.

Palestinians at a humanitarian aid centre in the Netzarim Corridor, central Gaza Strip last Thursday.

Boston Consulting Group fires two partners over Gaza aid work

The consulting firm has fired two partners for “unauthorised work” related to a contentious US-backed effort to overhaul aid distribution in Gaza.

Kelly Partners CEO Brett Kelly is a prolific writer.

Kelly Partners CEO and Buffett aficionado bypasses ASX with Twitter

Brett Kelly has drawn inspiration from Warren Buffett’s habit of writing open letters to shareholders.

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