Big four consultants
‘Tell me what you can build’: AI boom turns into gold rush for consultants
While the tech industry is looking for ways to make money off artificial intelligence, consultants like McKinsey and KPMG have already started cashing in.
- by Tripp Mickle
Latest
PwC tolerated poor behaviour, gave CEO too much power, review finds
PwC Australia oversaw a culture that fostered a “whatever it takes” approach and created a chief executive role that was unaccountable to the board, a new report has found.
- by Sarah Danckert and Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Public service
I’m a consultant, but I support a $3 billion spend on the public service
You can’t replace consultants overnight, and if the government strips back their numbers it’s going to need to pay public servants better salaries.
- by Christopher Pyne
Speaking out cost Brendan $2 million. But he says he’d do it again
A former KPMG partner who exposed serious flaws in the NSW rail corporation has told a parliamentary inquiry that he would do it again, despite it costing him his job.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Deloitte’s Adelaide mosh-up still officially not a party
The consulting giant insisted its South Australian get-together was strictly business. It didn’t say there would be crowd-surfing.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Non-starter: Horse race named after Ben Roberts-Smith scratched
Despite the findings that allegations of war crimes against the decorated soldier were true, there are some who remain obsessed with the disgraced veteran.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
As Big Four face heat, Deloitte partners hold Adelaide retreat
The consulting giant is holding a big bash from Thursday, flying in more than 1000 partners and almost booking out several five-star hotels in town.
- by Sherryn Groch and Kishor Napier-Raman
Analysis
PwC tax scandal
The $780m target on the backs of embattled consulting giants
The increased penalties Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced earlier this month could create financial chaos for PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and EY.
- by Colin Kruger
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AUKUS
‘Unbelievable’: Defence spends $8.5m on consultants for AUKUS nuclear regulator
The contract comes amid a growing debate about the public service’s reliance on external advice for tasks that would once have been performed in-house.
- by Matthew Knott
Big four consulting firms accused of ‘lowball quoting’ to win government contracts
An analysis by the Centre for Public Integrity found taxpayers forked out $1.8 billion more than initially expected for big four consultancy contracts awarded over the past decade.
- by Angus Thompson
Fear and greed: The consulting sector faces a reckoning
Staff at the biggest firms complain of sexual harassment by untouchable executives and workloads so excessive that some contemplate suicide.
- by Colin Kruger
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