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Blacklisting PwC won't stop outsourcing: here are 3 reasons it has become embedded in the Australian public service

  • Written by Richard Mulgan, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
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Labor had pledged to wind back the use of the big four consulting firms by the public service well before the scandal engulfing PricewaterhouseCoopers over the sharing of confidential government information.

The policy it took to the May 2022 election pledged to stop “the excessive reliance and waste of public funds on...

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